Police say an Austrian soldier shot dead a knife-wielding man who attacked him outside the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna. The soldier was standing guard alone outside the ambassador’s building in western Vienna overnight when the attacker confronted him with a knife, a police spokesman said early Monday. The soldier sprayed the man with pepper spray before firing four shots, spokesman Harald Soeros said. They’ve sent additional security personnel to other diplomatic buildings across Vienna. The incident comes just days after four people were seriously injured in a stabbing rampage in the Austrian capital.

Source: Egypt Independent March 12, 2018 05:26 UTC