2015 Graz car attack
| 2015 Graz car attack | |
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The Grazer Herrengasse, one of the crime scenes (photo from 2003) | |
| Location | Graz, Austria |
| Date | 20 June 2015 12:15 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. |
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| Deaths | 4 |
| Injured | 36 |
| Perpetrator | Alen Rizvan Rizvanović |
On 20 June 2015, Alen Rizvanović drove a sports utility vehicle at high speeds through the center of Graz, Austria, killing three people in a matter of minutes and injuring 43 others, one of them dying months later. At one point during the attack, Rizvanović got out of the vehicle and stabbed two passers-by.
Rizvanović was arrested and given a life sentence. He committed suicide in prison in September 2023.