An original translation by Egri Nok with Much thanks!

From this German website:

A blood bath in Vienna was barely prevented this Friday evening.

Officers of the special force COBRA arrested an 18 year old terror suspect, who, according to several tips from foreign secret services, had planned a bomb attack in Vienna in January.

This Friday, the strongly suspected man entered Austria, and since, his every step had been surveilled by the investigators. Then in the early evening, the anti terror unit seized and arrested the suspected assassin.

There had been increasing evidence that “a group of ethnic Albanian radical Islamists” were planning an attack in Vienna between January 15. and 30. The national authorities were informed and on the alert.

Indeed, the urgently suspected IS sympathizer entered Austria on Friday. He allegedly had built an explosive device in Germany on his own, to carry out a bloody attack in Vienna.

Seizure in the Quellenstraße

The authorities subsequently monitored the suspected attacker. On late Friday afternoon, at 6:03 PM, the seizure took place in Favoriten: the suspect was contained, overpowered and arrested. Thereafter, an apartment in the close-by Rotenhofgasse was meticulously searched by the investigators –the findings of this police operation have not yet been released.

Police asks for increased vigilance

Meanwhile, the police of Vienna are asking the population for increased vigilance, especially at heavily frequented places. The police executive is to be immediately informed for conspicuous observations – like abandoned luggage – says police spokesman Thomas Keiblinger.

Additionally, “officers in uniform and in plainclothes are increasingly on the move”. Minister of Interior, Wolfgang Sobotka, and Austrian top politicians thanked the security forces for their excellent work.

Security measures in Vienna increased after Berlin

Already after the terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in previous year’s December – twelve people lost their lives, dozens More were injured, when the Tunisian, Anis Amri plowed a truck through the masses – the police presence in Austria was fortified and all units were on heightened alert.

The security measures at the Christmas markets in Vienna were reviewed too. But the “protection” of attacks by heavy vehicles like in Berlin and Nizza caused criticism as well.