A 14-year-old boy has been killed and four other people injured in a knife attack in a southern Austrian city on Saturday, with police arresting a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker.
“A man randomly attacked passers-by with a knife,” Rainer Dionisio, a police spokesman, told the AFP news agency of the incident in Villach. “One victim, a 14-year-old boy, died.”
Two other men suffered serious injuries, while another two men suffered less serious wounds. The oldest victim of the attack is a 32-year-old, police said.
Austria – 15th February 2025
A teenage boy was killed and four wounded in a knife attack in Austria today.
Police have arrested a 23 year-old Syrian asylum seeker ⚠️https://t.co/ZscidO67qo pic.twitter.com/TRapLNbB6w
— Paul (@PeterPaulGuy) February 15, 2025
BREAKING:
Suspected terror attack in Villach, Austria!
5 random people stabbed on the street by a Syrian asylum seeker. A 14-year-old boy has died. pic.twitter.com/VyGnHgMdOp
— Melissa Chapman-Mushnick מרים (@MelissaSChapman) February 15, 2025
Twitter – Austria Knife Attack
