Investing.com -- On February 10, Austrian authorities arrested a 14-year-old under suspicion of planning a militant attack on Vienna's Westbahnhof train station. The Austrian news agency, APA, reported on Wednesday that items indicating support for Islamic State were found at the teenager's residence.

This arrest comes in the wake of a knife attack that occurred in the southern town of Villach on Saturday. In this incident, a 23-year-old Syrian refugee is believed to have killed a teenager and injured five others. Austrian officials have stated that the man was quickly radicalized after viewing Islamist videos on social media.

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