Targeting of passersby in southern city of Villach had ‘IS connections’, says interior ministerA stabbing that left a teenager dead and five others injured in southern Austria was an Islamist attack, Austria’s interior minister has said.“It is an Islamist attack with IS connections,” Gerhard Karner told reporters on Sunday in the southern city of Villach, where Saturday’s attack took place, referring to the Islamic State group. Continue reading...
Austria's interior minister identified a stabbing attack in Villach that killed a teenager and injured five others as an Islamist attack with Islamic State connections. The attacker, a man with a folding knife, was arrested after a Syrian food delivery driver stopped the attack by ramming his car into the suspect. Among the injured were two 15-year-old teenagers. The attack prompted community members to light candles at the site. Far-right leader Herbert Kickl called for stricter asylum policies. Austria hosts nearly 100,000 Syrian refugees, and recent policy changes have frozen asylum requests and revoked statuses. This attack follows a 2020 jihadist attack in Vienna.
