Vilach, Austria – Syrian asylum seekers suspected of suffering fatal stab wounds in the town of Vilach, Austria, have pledged allegiance to ISIS terrorist groups and have been radicalized online, authorities said on February 16. Ta.
The 14-year-old was killed in an afternoon attack in the heart of Villach on February 15th, causing five other people to be injured, three of whom needed intensive care, police said.
Home Minister Gerhard Kerner said at a press conference in Wilach that a 23-year-old Syrian man arrested seven minutes after his first call to police was rapidly radicalized on the Internet, and the ISIS flag was accused of him. He said he was found. Apartment.
Conservative Kerner told reporters he had sadness and sympathy for the victims, adding:
“But at these moments there is, of course, anger and rage. Anger at the Muslim attackers who randomly stabbed innocent people here in this town.”
Karner also said the agency should have greater authority to screen asylum seekers and that “large checks in many areas” would be necessary as suspects did not attract the attention of the agency.
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Police said the man charged with murder and attempted murder recorded pledging his pledge of loyalty to ISIS.
If another Syrian who saw the attacker and drove him in his car to stop him, it would have been more harmful, authorities said.
ISIS has so far not claimed responsibility for the attack. However, according to Site Intelligence, the media section of ISIS-K, the Afghanistan branch of ISIS recently distributed posts by ISIS calling for the only wolf attack in America and Europe following the New Year’s attack in New Orleans.
Villach’s bloodshed followed a suicide attack in August 2024 at the Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.
Some residents of Villach, a town of about 65,000 on the Draba River, said they refused to be threatened by the threat of terrorism. Others expressed shock.
“Up until now I felt safe, but now it’s another feeling,” said a local man named Siegfried. “I don’t know as well as before.”
The February 15 rampage caused Afghan citizens to drive cars into Munich crowds a few days after the attack in Germany on February 13th, causing dozens of people to injure.
