The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach is believed to be a follower of Islamic State who was radicalised online, authorities said on Sunday (Feb 16).
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00:00The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian
00:06town of Villach is believed to be a follower of Islamic State who was radicalized online.
00:13Police confirmed that a 14-year-old boy was killed in Saturday's attack and five other
00:17people were wounded.
00:18I can briefly summarize.
00:20Yesterday at 3.50 p.m. a man was obviously walking through the streets at the main square
00:31in Villach next to the Traustadt bridge, unwittingly attacking people with a folding knife.
00:39A 14-year-old boy was fatally injured.
00:44A 15-year-old boy, another 15-year-old boy, a 28-year-old boy, a 32-year-old boy, and
00:57a 36-year-old boy were injured.
01:00A witness saw the incident and decided to intervene.
01:05He hit the offender with his car and probably prevented something worse.
01:12Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said the 23-year-old suspect had been rapidly radicalized
01:17online and authorities found an IS flag in his apartment.
01:22Investigators confirmed he had sworn allegiance to IS.
01:25The Villach attack follows an August plot to bomb a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna,
01:30which was thwarted by Austrian authorities, and a car-ramming attack in Munich on Thursday
01:36where an Afghan national injured dozens, killing two.