A stabbing in Austria that killed a 14-year-old boy and wounded five others was an Islamist attack, Austrian officials have said. The attack took place on Saturday at Villach, a town near the border with Italy and Slovenia, and three of those who were injured remain in intensive care, authorities said.

VILLACH - A stabbing that left a teenager dead and five others injured in southern Austria was an “Islamist attack”, Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Feb 16.

One person was killed and five others wounded in stabbings in the center of the town of Villach. A man from Syria was arrested at the scene.