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Founder of Austrian far-right movement probed over suspected links to New Zealand mosque gunman

Posted on July 10, 2020

A prominent Austrian far-Right leader barred from entering the UK last year is facing investigation over suspected links with the gunman held for the New Zealand mosque attack.

The Austrian government announced on Wednesday that it may ban the far-Right Identitarian movement if any link is proved.

Martin Sellner, one of the movement’s founders and best-known figures, denied any involvement in the attack after his Vienna home was raided by police investigating the suspected links on Monday.

Prosecutors said the investigation had been triggered by a suspicious  €1,500 (£1,270) donation to the movement.

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They are believed to be investigating the possibility the donation was made by Brenton Tarrant, the main suspect in the terror attacks on two Christchurch mosques in which 50 people were killed.

“I have nothing to do with this terror attack,” Mr Sellner said in a video released on social media.

He admitted he had received an email and a “disproportionately large” donation from some one named Tarrant. He said he sent a reply to thank the donor, but claimed there was no other communication between them.

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Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian chancellor, has called for any possible links to be “comprehensively and ruthlessly investigated”.

“There can be no tolerance for dangerous ideologies, wherever they come from,” he said on Wednesday.

The Identitarian movement has been described as “the far-Right for hipsters”. The anti-immigration movement is known for stunts such as chartering its own ship to return migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea to Africa.

Mr Sellner was planning to speak in the UK last year but he was barred from entering on the grounds that his presence was “not conducive to the public good”.

If any link to the Christchurch attacks were proved it could have serious repercussions for the movement.

Tarrant, the main suspect in the attacks. is believed to be the author of a white supremacist manifesto emailed to prominent figures in New Zealand shortly before the shootings.

In it, he cites the Norwegian far-Right terrorist Anders Breivik as an inspiration, and calls for "revenge against Islam”.

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