Vienna: four people injured in knife attack

On Oct 27, 2021 11:14 AM

epa08794208 Austrian police men guard The Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera) after a shooting near the Stadttempel' synagogue in Vienna, Austria, 02 November 2020. According to recent reports, at least one person is reported to have died and many are injured in what officials treat as a terror attack. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

SANAA, Oct. 27 (YPA) – At least four people were injured when a 35-year-old Austrian man attacked several passers-by in Austrian capital of Vienna on Tuesday, Sputnik news agency reported.

Austrian police say that assailant, a 35-year-old Austrian, who was mentally ill, has been arrested.

Police detectives have denied any political or religious motivation for the crime, the report added.

E.M