Austria: Vienna police step up armed patrols as they warn of potential terror attack

A spokesman says churches will stay open "for the time being" as people are warned not to share pictures or video of the police operation.

Police in Vienna have put more armed officers on the streets after intelligence suggested a possible Islamist terror attack was being planned.

"There is a nonspecific threat of an assault against churches," police in the Austrian capital tweeted on Wednesday morning.

They later clarified that the extra measures covered other "houses of worship" in additio…