2025 Villach stabbing attack

A 23-year-old reported by investigators to be a Syrian national with "legal residence status" carried out a series of random stabbings against six pedestrians.

[1][2] The attack was partially interrupted by the intervention of a Syrian food delivery worker who, upon witnessing the stabbings from his vehicle, drove toward the suspect in an attempt to prevent further violence.

This intervention was later credited by police spokesperson Rainer Dionisio as helping to limit the scope of the attack.

[3] Following the attack, Austrian authorities detained the suspect while maintaining an active investigation into the possibility of additional perpetrators.

[3] The suspect was identified as a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker Ahmad G. who held legal residency status in Austria, at the time of the initial reports.