German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan on Monday night after he attacked passengers on a train with an ax and a knife, seriously wounding three people, officials said.
Several other people were also injured in the attack on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, police said, adding that the teenager was killed as he tried to flee.
Joachim Herrmann, the interior minister of Bavaria state, said the attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan who had lived in nearby Ochsenfurt.
The attack happened around 9:15 pm (1915 GMT) on the train, which runs between Treuchlingen and Wuerzburg in Bavaria.
"Shortly after arriving at Wuerzburg, a man attacked passengers with an ax and a knife," a police spokesman said.
"Three people have been seriously injured and several others lightly injured."
He added: "The perpetrator was able to leave the train, police left in pursuit and as part of this pursuit, they shot the attacker and killed him."
There were no further details on the circumstances of the teenager's death, and police declined to suggest what the motive was for the attack.
"At this time everything is possible," the spokesman said.
In May, a mentally-unstable 27-year-old man carried out a similar knife attack on a regional train in the south, killing one person and injuring three others.
Early reports suggested he had yelled "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) but police later said there was no evidence pointing to a religious motive. He is being held in a psychiatric hospital.
[AFP/i24news.tv]
19/7/16
Several other people were also injured in the attack on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, police said, adding that the teenager was killed as he tried to flee.
Joachim Herrmann, the interior minister of Bavaria state, said the attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan who had lived in nearby Ochsenfurt.
The attack happened around 9:15 pm (1915 GMT) on the train, which runs between Treuchlingen and Wuerzburg in Bavaria.
"Shortly after arriving at Wuerzburg, a man attacked passengers with an ax and a knife," a police spokesman said.
"Three people have been seriously injured and several others lightly injured."
He added: "The perpetrator was able to leave the train, police left in pursuit and as part of this pursuit, they shot the attacker and killed him."
There were no further details on the circumstances of the teenager's death, and police declined to suggest what the motive was for the attack.
"At this time everything is possible," the spokesman said.
In May, a mentally-unstable 27-year-old man carried out a similar knife attack on a regional train in the south, killing one person and injuring three others.
Early reports suggested he had yelled "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) but police later said there was no evidence pointing to a religious motive. He is being held in a psychiatric hospital.
[AFP/i24news.tv]
19/7/16
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Es ist der Alptraum jedes Zugreisenden: In einem Waggon zückt ein Angreifer Axt und Messer und geht auf Fahrgäste los...
ReplyDeleteIn einem Regionalzug ist ein Mann am Montagabend in der Nähe von Würzburg mit Axt und Messer auf Fahrgäste losgegangen. Drei Menschen wurden schwer verletzt, ein weiterer erlitt leichte Verletzungen, wie ein Polizeisprecher vor Ort mitteilte. Nach der Attacke sei der Täter von der Polizei auf der Flucht erschossen worden.
Es gebe 14 weitere Betroffene, die sich in der Bahn aufgehalten hätten, aber nicht verletzt seien, so die Polizei. Der Zug befuhr den Angaben zufolge die Strecke Treuchtlingen-Würzburg. Er stand am späten Abend auf freier Strecke, nachdem er zwischen Ochsenfurt und Heidingsfeld gestoppt worden war.
Bei dem Täter handelte es sich um einen 17-jährigen Afghanen, wie der bayrische Innenminister Joachim Herrmann Montag Mitternacht in den ARD-Tagesthemen mitteilte.
Zu den möglichen Hintergründen der Tat äußerte sich die Polizei zunächst nicht.
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A refugee wielding ax and knife wounded a total of five passengers on late Monday night, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told German ZDF public television on Tuesday morning. Most victims were Chinese tourists, among whom two were critically wounded.....http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/995252.shtml