{"id":122187,"date":"2025-02-16T12:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=122187"},"modified":"2025-02-16T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T12:32:40","slug":"austrias-interior-minister-says-villach-attacker-linked-to-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/122187\/","title":{"rendered":"Austria&#8217;s Interior Minister says Villach attacker linked to ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211;<\/strong> Austrian Minister of Interior Gerhard Karner revealed on Sunday that the suspect in the Saturday stabbing attack in the city of Villach is linked to the Islamic State (ISIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters, Karner stated that the attack, which resulted in one fatality and five injuries, was connected to ISIS, noting that the suspect had rapidly adopted extremist views online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker carried out a knife attack in a Villach street, which left a 14-year-old boy dead and several others injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media activists shared a photo they claimed showed the young Syrian smiling as an Austrian police officer tried to stop him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police spokesman Rainer Dionisio confirmed that a man had randomly attacked passersby with a knife in Villach, reiterating the tragic death of the 14-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that a delivery worker who witnessed the attack intervened by throwing his bike at the assailant, who sustained minor injuries and subsequently halted his assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>By Ahmad Othman<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; Austrian Minister of Interior Gerhard Karner revealed on Sunday that the suspect in the Saturday stabbing attack in the city of Villach is linked to the Islamic State (ISIS). 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