VILLACH - A Syrian asylum seeker was arrested after a teenager was stabbed to death and five other people were wounded in southern Austria, police said, sending shock waves through the Alpine nation.
The attack comes just two days after a suspected Afghan asylum seeker rammed a car into people in the city of Munich in neighbouring Germany, killing two people and wounding dozens of others.
In the Austrian city of Villach, a man "randomly attacked passers-by with a knife", police spokesman Rainer Dionisio told AFP.
Officers had arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker, he said. "One victim, a 14-year-old boy, died," he added.
The number of wounded increased from four earlier to five, including two who were seriously hurt, Dionisio said. The oldest victim was 36 years old.
The incident happened on Saturday just before 4pm local time in the centre of the city in Carinthia province.
A passing food delivery rider -- also from Syria -- intervened, ramming his vehicle into the attacker, who was lightly hurt and was arrested "right after the attack", said Dionisio.
The suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker with a valid residence permit and no a criminal record, according to preliminary information, he added.
Dionisio said they could not yet say anything about the motive of the attack, but were verifying eyewitness accounts that the attacker had shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest).