From AFP:
A 17-year-old Afghan refugee wielding an ax and a knife attacked passengers on a train in southern Germany on Monday evening, severely wounding four, before he was shot dead by police, the interior minister for the state of Bavaria said.More...
Speaking on German public television, Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said it was too early to speculate about the motives of the attacker, who he said was believed to have been living in a home for unaccompanied minors in Ochsenfurt, near the city of Wuerzburg.
The attack comes just days after a Tunisian delivery man plowed a 19-tonne truck into crowds of Bastille Day revelers in the southern French city of Nice, killing 84.
"The attacker appears to have been a 17-year-old Afghan who has been living in Ochsenfurt for some time," Herrmann said. "He suddenly attacked passengers with a knife and an axe, critically injuring several. Some of them may now be fighting for their lives."Some reports claim that the refugee was screaming "Allahu Akbar" as he swung his axe.
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Ah the famous unknown motive.
Some news sources have reported that the victims were members of a Taiwanese family, so perhaps thia Afghan refugee has been successfully assimilated into German society and is an adherent of the anti-immigrant right wing party. Perhaps he was actually shouting "Deutchland über alles!"?
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