Austria Says Stabbing Attack Suspect Swore Allegiance to ISIS

Candles and flowers placed at the site where a 14-year-old boy was killed and several others were wounded in a stabbing attack, in the town of Villach, Austria, on Feb. 16, 2025. Borut Zivulovic/Reuters

VILLACH, Austria—The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance to the ISIS terrorist group and was radicalized online, authorities said on Feb. 16.

A 14-year-old boy was killed in the afternoon attack on Feb. 15 in the center of Villach, and five other people were wounded, three of them requiring intensive care, police said.