Knife Attack Suspect in Austria Was Inspired by ISIS, Official Says

One person was killed and five others wounded in stabbings in the center of the town of Villach. A man from Syria was arrested at the scene.

A Syrian asylum seeker who the Austrian authorities said killed a teenager and wounded five other people in a knife attack in Villach, Austria, was inspired by the Islamic State militant group, officials said on Sunday.

The man, who was detained after the attack on Saturday, had become radicalized online, said Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner. The police said they believed that the victims were chosen at random.

The suspect is 23 years old, came to Austria from Syria in 2020 and was later given asylum, according to the interior ministry.

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