Thousands join funeral procession in Austria's Villach to mourn victim of stabbing attack

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Residents of Austria's Villach attended a funeral march and church service on Tuesday after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a stabbing attack on Saturday.

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00:00Thousands of people joined a funeral procession on Tuesday evening for the 14-year-old victim

00:07of a deadly stabbing attack in the Austrian town of Villach.

00:13Following the march, a church service was held, also attended by top politicians, including

00:18Federal Chancellor Alexander Schellenberg, who came from Vienna.

00:23Five other people were injured in the knife attack on Saturday, including two other teenage

00:28boys.

00:30The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was arrested after the attack.

00:35Authorities said on Sunday that the suspect had possible connections to the Islamic State

00:39Group, but appeared to have acted alone.

00:43The attack comes at a time when the topic of migration has taken center stage in many

00:47European countries, including Austria.

00:51Far-right leader Herbert Kickl called for a rigorous crackdown on asylum in the wake

00:55of the attack.

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