2015 Graz car attack

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.

2015 Graz car attack
The Grazer Herrengasse, one of the crime scenes (photo from 2003).
LocationGraz, Austria
Date20 June 2015 (2015-06-20)
12:15 p.m. 12:20 p.m.
Weapons
  • Daewoo Rexton
  • Knife
Deaths4
Injured36
PerpetratorAlen Rizvan Rizvanović

Rizvanović was arrested and given a life sentence. In September 2023, he committed suicide in prison.

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