Man killed in ‘Islamist-motivated’ stabbing at German train station
Three others injured in Munich-area attack; witnesses say assailant shouted 'Allahu akbar' as he knifed commuters
A 27-year-old man killed one person and wounded three others in a knife attack at a German station on Tuesday that prosecutors said had “an apparent Islamist motive.”
“The assailant made remarks at the scene of the crime that indicate a political motivation — apparently an Islamist motive,” said a prosecutor’s spokesman. “We are still determining what the exact remarks were.”
He added that “one man has died” of the wounds sustained in the attack.
The attack took place around 5 a.m. local in the town of Grafing east of Munich, a police spokesman in Bavaria state told AFP.
Local media reported that witnesses said the young man had yelled “Allahu akbar” (“God is greatest” in Arabic) during the attack.
The police spokesman said “a political background cannot be ruled out,” adding that the man arrested was “not very cooperative.”
Last August, two German-speaking jihadists claiming to belong to the Islamic State jihadist group threatened Germany with attacks in an online execution video, urging their “brothers and sisters” in Germany and Austria to commit attacks against “unbelievers” at home.