Villach (dpa -AfX) – In the Austrian city of Villach, a man stabbed several passers -by and killed one of them. The police announced that.
The knife attack occurred on Saturday afternoon near the main square of the city in the southern state of Carinthia. A 14-year-old was killed. According to the current information status of the authorities, four other people were injured, as a police spokesman for the German Press Agency said. Media had previously reported five injuries.
Suspected perpetrator is asylum seeker
According to the police, the alleged attacker is a 23 -year -old asylum seeker from Syria who has a residence permit for Austria. A 42-year-old meal deliverer who also comes from Syria watched the crime. He had hit the Syrian with his car and thus held the attacker from further acts, reported police spokesman Rainer Dionisio. “This meant that we were able to arrest him right away,” he said.
For the time being, it was unclear whether it was a single offender. Therefore searched for possible other perpetrators. It was also unclear whether the attackers and perpetrators were in a relationship. The State Office for State Protection and Extremism Control in Carinthia leads the investigation together with criminal officers./AL/DP/ZB