27 December 2015, 10:09 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik), Alexander Mosesov — He stated that the police would patrol train stations and other overcrowded places.
"Vienna police are ready for large-scale events like Silverster [New Year’s Eve] that will attract hundreds of thousands of people," Patrick Maierhofer said, adding police had enough staff.
On Saturday, Austrian police stated that several European capitals received a warning from a "friendly intelligence service" about possible terrorist attacks during the holiday season.
"We are keeping an eye out for terror [danger] based on hints received from international organizations and friendly services," the police press officer added.
Austrian police said on Saturday it had increased monitoring and surveillance following the warning although it had no additional information on the threat in terms of place or time.
