A man accused of killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring five other people in a stabbing attack in Austria was motivated by “Islamic terrorism”, say authorities.
The victims were attacked in the southern city of Villach on Saturday.
A 23-year-old Syrian man was arrested after the incident.
Interior minister Gerhard Karner said the suspect had alleged ties to the Islamic State group and radicalised himself online within a very short time period.
Speaking in Villach, Mr Karner told reporters that he felt “anger about an Islamist attacker who indiscriminately stabbed innocent people here in this city”.
Meanwhile, a 42-year-old Syrian man helped prevent the situation from getting worse by driving towards the suspect.
The man, who worked for a food delivery company, was thanked by state governor Peter Kaiser.
“This shows how closely terrorist evil but also human good can be united in one and the same nationality,” Mr Kaiser said.
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