Austrian leaders called Thursday for more legal options to fight extremism and for an overhaul of the country's domestic intelligence agency in the wake of this week's deadly attack.
The gunman, identified as 20-year-old Kujtim Fejzulai, a dual Austrian/North Macedonian national, had a previous conviction for trying to join the Islamic State group in Syria and had been given early release in December.
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Austrian authorities said they were unable to revoke Fejzulai's Austrian citizenship after his conviction and that he had duped the justice system's de-radicalization program after his release into thinking he had reformed.
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told a special session of parliament on Thursday that Austria currently doesn't have all the legal means necessary to monitor and sanction extremists, and that the government couldn't allow a repeat of the situation that led to the attack Monday night.
