Islamic State’s resurgence? Tracking its new deadly tactics and attacks across the globe

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Islamic State’s resurgence? Tracking its new deadly tactics and attacks across the globe

VIENNA, Feb 18 — Islamic State, the militant group that imposed hardline Islamist rule over millions of people in Syria and Iraq for years, has been trying to stage a comeback in the Middle East, the West and Asia. On February 1, the media branch of IS’s Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), circulated a post calling for lone wolf attacks in America and Europe following a New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans, according to SITE Intell…

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After a stabbing attack in the Austrian Villach yesterday, the investigators classified the arrested assassin as radical Islamists.

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The inconceivable is confirmed: Villach's knife run was an attack with an Islamist background. The "crown" carried out the few months in which the 23-year-old perpetrator Ahmad G. is said to have radicalized himself on the Internet, mainly via TikTok. Ahmad G. went on Saturday shortly after 4 p.m. in the pulsating downtown of Villach indiscriminately onto passers-by – with a jumping knife with a ten-centimetre-long blade. This weapon, which he h…

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Villach stabbing attack linked to IS …officials say

A stabbing in Austria that killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded five others was an Isla­mist attack, Austrian officials have said. The attack took place on Saturday at Villach, a town near the border with Italy and Slovenia. A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was detained at the scene. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said an Islamic State group flag had been found in his apartment, while state police chief Michaela Kohlweiss said he had sworn a…

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The Villach assassination, in which a 14-year-old man was killed and five more people injured on the weekend, continues to cause shock. Investigations are ongoing, and the authorities are starting an Islamic terrorist attack based on initial findings. In terms of domestic policy, the attack triggered a new debate on intensified measures.

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Yesterday (Saturday, February 15, 2025) there was a blood attack with several injured people in Villach city centre. People are afraid – but at the same time they show their solidarity with a sea of lights at the main square. On Saturday afternoon, February 15, 2025, there was a serious violent crime in Villach city centre (Carinthia), in which several people were injured. Eyewitnesses tell of a man who attacked people indiscriminately with a kn…