Austria Stabbing Suspect Admits Terrorist Intent, Prosecutors Say

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The asylum-seeker, who was granted a valid residence permit without a criminal record, had used a 10 cm stopper knife to attack passers-by at random.

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Vienna: A Syrian man arrested at the scene of a stabbing incident that resulted in the death of a boy and the injury of five others in Austria admitted to committing terrorist crimes, according to the two prosecutors. The 23-year-old suspect was detained in February in the southern city of Filakh after officials described him as an Islamic attack with links to the Islamic State.

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A Syrian national suspected of carrying out a knife attack in the centre of Villach in Austria's Carinthia region in February, killing one person, has confessed to "terrorist crimes", prosecutors said today, according to the French news agency AFP. The suspect faces 20 years in prison or even life imprisonment if convicted.

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After the stabbing attack in Villach on February 15, the Procuratorate of Klagenfurt charged a 23-year-old Syrian for murder, attempted murder and terrorist crimes. After the attack in Villach on February 15, the Procuratorate of Klagenfurt charged a 23-year-old Syrian for terrorist offences, membership of a terrorist organization and participation in a criminal organization. In the case of the crime, a 14-year-old died, five more people were pa…