This is the Hero of Villach: "Someone Had to Do Something"
The Syrian food delivery driver Alaaeddin Alhalabi reported on Sunday evening in "ZIB2" about the course of his intervention in the Islamist-motivated knife attack in Villach and the motivation behind it. When he saw two blood-soaked people lying on the ground during a delivery on Saturday and discovered the attacker with a knife in hand, he simply accelerated. "When I see something like that, I have to do something," said Alhalabi in the interview.
Attack in Villach Was Islamist-Motivated
That the knife attack in Villach was "clearly an Islamist attack" was confirmed on Sunday morning by sources from the intelligence service. The suspect had stated during his first interrogation after his arrest that he acted in the name of the radical Islamist terror militia "Islamic State" (IS), it was reported to the APA. During a house search at the man's address, an IS flag was secured. The man had radicalized himself on TikTok and was likely a follower of a radical Islamist influencer.
Eyewitnesses Report on Attack
Several people experienced the Islamist terror attack on Saturday afternoon in Villach in close proximity. The team from the ORF regional studio in Carinthia spoke with eyewitnesses of the attack.
Islamist Attacks Have Recently Increased
The deadly attack in Villach is part of a tragic series of Islamist terror attacks with multiple fatalities in Germany and Austria since October 7, 2023.
(APA/Red)
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