Boy, 14, stabbed to death after five attacked in Austria

A man has stabbed five people in southern Austria, killing a 14-year-old boy.

The 23-year-old man attacked five passersby at random in Villach on Saturday afternoon, according to police.

Officers said the suspect was a Syrian national with legal residence in Austria and has been detained.

A 42-year old man who was driving by saw the incident from his car. He towards the suspect and helped to prevent things from getting even worse, police spokesperson Rainer Dionisio told Austria's public broadcaster ORF.

Police said it was unclear whether the suspect had been acting on his own or with other people, and are continuing to look for potential further suspects.

The attack shocked people in the city of Villach, a southern town near the Italian and Slovenian borders.

Meanwhile in Germany on Saturday police confirmed a two-year-old girl and her mother had died after a car had been driven into a crowd in Munich on Thursday.

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