Two stabbed in Germany, assailant shot dead
A man attacked several bystanders with stabbing weapons in a town in southern Germany before being fatally shot by police.
The German police say they are investigating to find out “if the crime has a link with an Islamist or terrorist context”. (illustrative image)
AFP
A man armed with a knife injured two Thursday evening in a city in southern Germany before being fatally shot by police who say they are investigating a possible “Islamist or terrorist context”.
The 30-year-old man attacked several passers-by “with at least one knife” near the station in Ansbach, a town in Bavaria not far from Nuremberg, according to a statement from the local police. Two people were injured but their lives are not in danger, according to the same source.
During the intervention of the police, the attacker “attacked the police officers” who opened fire and fatally injured him, the statement added. According to witnesses, “the man also shouted “Allahu Akbar” several times during the execution of the facts”, specifies the police who say they are investigating to find out “if the crime has a link with an Islamist or terrorist context”.
AFP
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