Austrian Interior Minister: Villach’s knife attack motive was Islamist | Brief news

A 14-year-old boy died in the attack on Saturday, and several were injured. Police have arrested the suspect.

12: 38 • Updated 12:49

The knife attack in Villach, Austria, was influenced by the Islamist motive.

The country’s Minister of the Interior reported the matter Gerhard Karner at a briefing on Sunday.

APA, a news agency from East, also reported earlier based on the information of the authorities.

The attack took place on Saturday afternoon in Villach, when a knife armed with a knife attacked six passers-by.

A 14-year-old boy died in the attack and four people were injured.

A bystander food messenger interrupted the knife attack by driving a knife on his vehicle. The car driver was also slightly injured in the incident.

Police later said on Saturday that they had arrested a suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker.

Source: Reuters

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