US EditionAustrian Teen Killed in Villach Stabbing Linked to Islamic State
- A 14-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing attack that injured six others, with possible ties to the Islamic State group.
- The police discovered Islamic State flags in the suspect's apartment during a search, according to Michaela Kohlwei.
- Austria's president, Alexander Van der Bellen, described the attack as 'horrific.'
- Mayor Gunther Albel stated that the attack was a 'stab in the heart of the city.
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Once again, an Islamist-motivated perpetrator has committed a fatal attack: on Saturday, a man stabbed passers-by in the Austrian Villach and injured several people and killed a 14-year-old boy, reports the ORF. The alleged perpetrator, a 23-year-old Syrian, was stopped by a 42-year-old food supplier, who drove his van to the assassin and thus prevented even worse. Austrian interior minister Gerhard Karner spoke at a press conference on Sunday a…
The 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who stabbed a 14-year-old boy to death and injured five others in Austria on Saturday was laughing when he was arrested. "He is an Islamist with IS ties who became radicalized in a short time via TikTok," Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said at a press conference. He announced mass checks against asylum seekers with a Syrian or Afghan background.
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