Attempt in Villach: "Show that there is again normality in the...

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How do you process an attack like that in Villach as a city? Edwin Benko, head of the Styrian crisis intervention team, talks about the experiences in Graz after the 2015 amok trip.

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After a 23-year-old Syrian in Villach has injured five people in part and even killed a 14-year-old, he is celebrated as a "national hero" on TikTok. After a 23-year-old Syrian stabbed several people in Villach's city centre on Saturday afternoon, February 15, 2025, a cloud of mourning hangs over the Carinthians. While the young man is now officially in custody since Wednesday, the city is in the middle of her proclaimed mourning week. Mourning …