Austria Authorities said on Sunday that a 14 -year -old boy was killed by a knife of six people, a man who had done a possible contact with the Islamic State group who had worked alone.
The suspect, a 23 -year -old Shami, was arrested after the attack, which took place on Saturday afternoon near the central square in the southern city of Villach. Police said he used a folding knife. The injured were two 15 -year -old boy and men aged 28, 32 and 36. Two were seriously injured and two others are still undergoing treatment, while one was treated for minor injuries.
Interior Minister Gerard Corner told reporters in Vilach on Sunday, “This is an Islamist attack with an attacker who has rarely made itself radical through the Internet.”
State Government Peter Qaiser thanked a 42 -year -old man, a Syrian, for working for the food delivery company, which stepped towards the suspect and helped prevent the situation from worsening. “This shows how close the evil of terrorism is, but human well -being can unite in the same nationality,” he said.
Since the migration and asylum seekers have been focused, Corner said it would eventually be necessary to “perform a mass screen for no reason, because the killer was not clear.”
He did not give details about his plans. It was unclear how long the suspect had been in Austria, though officials said he had a residential permit.
The migration and center of migration in Austrian politics
Austria's right -wing leader Herbert Cook, whose party won the national election four months ago, called for a “strict crackdown on asylum” in the wake of the attack.
On Sunday, Cook said that since all other parties in Austria have failed to implement the necessary asylum sanctions, it is very important for their party to control the Interior Ministry – which is political asylum and migration in the next government. Is in charge of
Last week, the alliance in Austria collapsed for the second time when Cook's Freedom Party and the Conservative People's Party were unable to agree on who would oversee the Interior Ministry.
The migration was a prominent topic in which the elections began, which resulted in Kick's party winning its first national election since World War II. The subject has taken the center in many European countries, in which the right -wing parties are in the elections.
On Saturday, police in neighboring Germany said that a 2 -year -old girl and her mother died two days after a car raming attack in Munich was injured in a car Raming attack. It marked the fifth attack on immigrants in Germany during the last nine months, with migration to February 23 before the next election.
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The mayor of Villach, Ganthr Albal, said the attack was “in the heart of the city”.
Michael Kohloos, director of the state police, said
“The current picture is alone,” Kohloos said. Kohlos added that in the presence of the police, the streets of Villach and the events in the coming weeks will be increased.
The second deadly attack in Austria
The Villach attack has identified the second deadly extremist attack in Austria in recent years. In November 2020, a man who had previously tried to join the Islamic State Group made an uproar in Vienna, equipped with an automatic rifle and a fake explosive veins, in which police shot. Four people were killed before being killed.
Last August, authorities thwarted the attack on Taylor Swift Shows in Vienna, which was affected by the Islamic State Group.
In a statement on Sunday, the Islamic religious community in Austria expressed sympathy with the victims and their families, saying it was “fully committed to peaceful and respected coexistence.” The president of the Islamic Religious community, MIT Verhul, added that the attack “has no common with the original values of our faith.”
Residents started keeping candles at the site of the attack in a city of about 60,000 people. According to local media, a group of youths who knew the boy who died in the attack gathered at the site of crime on Sunday morning and lightly gathered the candles with tears.
President Alexander Van Der Belin described the attack as “horrible”.
“No words can eliminate suffering, horror, fear. My views are with the families of the victim and the injured, “he posted on the X.
Austria's Free Syrian community issued a statement on Facebook that removed itself from the attack and expressed deep condolences to the families of the victims. “We all had to flee our hometown Syria, because we were no longer safe there – no one left our country voluntarily. The association says we seek refuge and protection in Austria. Thank you for
Calls to stabilize the migration rules
Cook wrote on X Saturday that he was “worried about the horrific act in Vilach.”
“At the same time, I am angry – I am angry with the politicians who have allowed the crimes of knives, rapes, gang wars and other capital to become an order in Austria. Cook said it The first class of the system is the failure of the system, for which a young man in Villach now has to pay with his own life.
According to the Interior Ministry, 24,941 foreigners applied for asylum in Austria in 2024. The largest applicant group was from Syria, followed by Afghanistan.
Over the past two years, the number of asylum seekers has decreased significantly. In 2022, the applications came to the peak of more than 100,000, while about 59,000 people sought asylum in 2023.
Conservative party leader Christian Sticker said on X that the attacker should “be brought to justice and he should be punished with full force of the law.”
“Such crimes in our society should not be merely in our society,” said Andreas Bubble, the leader of the Social Democrats.