23-Year-Old Man Stabs 6 People in Austria, Killing 14-Year-Old

Officers of the Austrian State Criminal Police are seen near a cordoned off area after a knife attack near the main square in the city centre of Villach, southern Austria on February 15, 2025. A 14-year-old boy died and four other people were injured in the knife attack in southern Austria on February 15, police said, adding they have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker. Gerd Eggenberger/APA/AFP via Getty Images

VIENNA—A 23-year-old man stabbed six passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and five others injured.

The suspect was detained in the city of Villach, where the attack took place, police said. He is a Syrian national with legal residence in Austria, they said.