A visit to the Villach fair ended in a terrible event for a 15-year-old youth. Instead of being able to enjoy all the pleasures of the fair with friends, he became the target of a thuggish Syrian of the same age. He attacked him with a knife. As a result, the boy had to be treated by the emergency services.
According to police reports, a young man was the victim of a knife attack on Tuesday evening at the Villach fair. The attack was preceded by a verbal argument. The Syrian boy then pulled out a knife and stabbed his opponent, causing minor injuries.
After a short search, the 15-year-old youth from Syria was arrested and taken to the police station on Villach’s main square. The witnesses immediately recognised him in a police interview. During questioning, the teenager confessed to the crime and also showed the officers the place where he got rid of the knife. The reason for his dangerous attack was that he had been “provoked” by the victim. The murder weapon – a knife – was seized. The Syrian was reported to the police.
Unfortunately, it is a fact that this was not an isolated case, but that imported violence has been on the rise again in recent weeks. For example, an Afghan (23), who allegedly attacked and injured his 24-year-old Austrian female partner with a knife in an Innsbruck flat on Friday evening, was questioned on Sunday by investigators of the Tyrol Regional Criminal Police Office. A 35-centimetre-long kitchen knife, which had been used as the murder weapon, was seized at the scene of the bloody crime. The victim was admitted to hospital with serious injuries.