Austria says Ukrainian journalist's arrest on suspicion of spying was unrelated to his job

Reporter was among four Ukrainians arrested last week He and his cameraman were released without charge They have complained arrest was unnecessary The two other Ukrainians are still under investigation VIENNA, Oct 12 (Reuters) — The arrest of a Ukrainian journalist in Vienna last week was ordered because he was seen watching a location that two men suspected of spying had also surveilled, not because of his profession, the Vienna prosecutors' office said on Monday. Austrian police arrested two Ukrainians on Monday last week on suspicion of spying. The following Thursday they arrested two more: investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach and cameraman Yaroslav Bondarenko. While the first two have been remanded in investigative custody, Tkach and Bondarenko were released without charge. The Vienna prosecutors' office said in a statement that in the course of the investigation into the first two men, suspicions emerged about a third, apparently referring to Tkach but without mentioning any names. "These suspicions were based in particular on witness statements indicating three men had been seen observing one location, as well as on the fact the observation took place during the same peri