Austria says stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to Islamic State
man, was arrested after the attack in the city of Villach on Saturday. Five people were injured, two of them seriously.According to state police director Michaela Kohlweiss, police searched the suspect’s apartment with sniffer dogs and found IS flags on the walls.
As the focus shifted to migration and asylum seekers, Mr Karner said it will ultimately be necessary to “carry out a mass screening without cause because this assassin was not conspicuous”. State governor Peter Kaiser thanked a 42-year-old man, also a Syrian, working for a food delivery company who drove towards the suspect and helped prevent the situation from worsening.
“We all had to flee Syria, our home country, because we were no longer safe there – no one left their country voluntarily, it said. “We are grateful to have found asylum and protection in Austria.
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