Four arrested in Austria following Islamist attack plans

The Austrian domestic intelligence service has detained four people in an investigation into an Islamist network, according to the Ministry of the Interior.

The arrests follow indications of a possible attack on a church in Vienna and the cathedral in the German city of Cologne. The Directorate for State Security and Intelligence at the Austrian Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that interrogations with the suspects were under way. Further details could not be given at present for reasons of criminal tactics.