Austria far-right figure probed over NZ attacker link

Vienna: Austrian investigators have raided the apartment of a far-right group leader over possible links to the man behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand, officials said Tuesday.

Martin Sellner of the Identitarian Movement Austria (IBOe) said in a video uploaded online late Monday that he had received a donation, possibly from Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant.

But he denied having any connection to the March 15 assault, which claimed 50 lives, and instead blamed Tarrant for seeking to involve him by making the donation.

"I have nothing to do with this terror attack," Sellner said in the video, adding his group's was a peaceful anti-immigration movement.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who governs Austria in a coalition with a far-right party, on Tuesday called for a "complete and unsparing" investigation of any

links.

Sellner said he had no contact with Tarrant, but had found an email with a "disproportionally large" donation with the name "Tarrant" in the email address.

Sellner said he had sent a "thank you" reply prior to the New Zealand attack as he did with other donation emails.

The far-right leader added that authorities had seized his computer and phone during Monday's raid on his apartment in Vienna.