VIENNA: An Austrian court on Wednesday sentenced an unrepentant 24-year-old Syrian Kurd refugee to life in prison over a terrorist knife attack which claimed the life of a teenage boy and wounded five.
“He said he was prepared to do it again at any time,” Christian Liebhauser-Karl, spokesman for the court in the southern city of Klagenfurt, told AFP.
After his arrest, the man told police he regretted not having achieved his aim of killing at least 10 people and dying during the operation.
The verdict is not final, even though the convicted man has waived his right to appeal to the Supreme Court, as the public prosecutor’s office formally has three days to lodge an appeal.
On February 15, 2025, the refugee carried out the attack in the name of the Daesh in Villach in southern Austria.
