9 hours agoHe killed 14-year-old and injured 5 people, Austria: Suspect Part of Islamic State
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(a year ago)Syrian asylum seekers suspected of conducting a deadly knife attack in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and had radicalised on the internet, authorities said Sunday. A 14-year-old boy was killed in Saturday afternoon's attack in downtown Villach and five other people were injured, three of [...]
Syrian asylum seekers suspected of conducting a deadly knife attack in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and had radicalised on the internet, authorities said Sunday.
A 14-year-old boy was killed in Saturday afternoon's attack in downtown Villach and five other people were injured, three of whom are in intensive care, police said.
Interior Minister Gerhard Carner said at a news conference in Villach that 23-year-old Syrian man, who was arrested seven minutes after his first call to the police, had been radicalised on the internet and that the Islamic State flag (IS) was found in his apartment, Euronews reports.
“has compassion, there is sadness, but in these moments it is understood that there is often anger and anger,” told Karner journalists, a conservative. “The appointment against an Islamic assailant that accidentally hit innocent people here in this city. ”
Karner also said authorities should have greater competencies to control asylum seekers and should have massive “massive control without cause in many areas” because the suspect had not attracted the authorities' attention.
Police said the person, who is accused of murder and attempted murder, had recorded himself swearing allegiance to the IS.
