23-year-old man stabs six people, killing one in Austria, police say

A 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria on Saturday, killing one 14-year-old child and injuring five others.

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00:00A 23-year-old man stabbed six people in the southern Austrian city of Wallach, killing

00:06a 14-year-old boy.

00:09Five other men were injured in the attacks, with at least two of them sustaining critical

00:13injuries.

00:16Police say the attacker, who is a Syrian national with legal residence in Austria, started to

00:21attack passers-by on the street.

00:24Authorities are still investigating the motives behind the attack.

00:28It's not yet clear whether the attacker acted alone.

00:32Austria's far-right leader, Herbert Kickl, expressed anger at the attack and highlighted

00:36the need to reform the immigration system.

00:40Kickl has often expressed desire to crack down on immigration and asylum applications.

00:47Austria's foreign ministry says that almost 25,000 asylum applications were received in

00:512024.

00:53The nationals constituted the largest group, followed by Afghans.