#KNIFE ATTACK

A 23-year-old man with links to the Islamic State terrorist group stabbed several passersby in the center of the southern Austrian town of Villach on Saturday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring five other people, police said.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck has called for stricter weapons regulations in the country following the knife attack in Solingen, western Germany.

A Pole who was first on the scene following a horrific knife attack in Britain on Monday has spoken about how he and his friend helped save wounded children.

Following the death of six people in a knife attack at a mall, this was Sydney’s second reported mass stabbing in just three days.

The assailant was shot by a police officer after he attacked shoppers in the busy Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center.