BERLIN — German police on Sunday shot dead a knife-wielding Turkish man who sought to attack officers in the city of Gelsenkirchen.
The man, who lived in Gelsenkirchen, struck a patrol car with an object and sought to assail officers standing by the vehicle “with a raised object,” a police spokesman told AFP.
Officers noted that the attacker was holding a knife behind his back, he added.
Despite several warnings from officers, the man refused to stop his assault, leading a 23-year-old policeman to fire a shot that killed him.
Asked to confirm reports that the man cried out “Allah Akbar” (“God is greater”) during the assault, the police spokesman would only say they are “rumors.”
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Germany remains on alert following a series of Islamist attacks, the deadliest of which was a truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 that killed 12 people.
Dozens of suspects have been arrested or charged over alleged terror plots in recent years.
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