Teenager dead and four injured in Austria knife attack

A teenager has died and four people have been wounded in a knife attack in Austria.

It happened around 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT) near the main square of Villach, a southern town close to the border with Italy and Slovenia.

The victim was 14 years old, local media reported, while the condition of those injured is not know. The suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker and has been detained, AFP news agency reported citing a police official.

"A man randomly attacked passers-by with a knife," police spokesman Rainer Dionisio told AFP.