Police: Reutlingen killer argued with woman before attack

Police say the man who went on the rampage with a machete in the southern German city of Reutlingen had argued earlier with the woman he killed in the attack.

The man, who was arrested, “had a dispute” with the woman and killed her “with a machete” before injuring a second woman and a man, police say.

The attack does not bear the hallmarks of a “terrorist” attack, according to police.

“At this stage of the inquiry we have nothing to indicate this was a terrorist attack,” the police say.

A police line near the site where a Syrian asylum-seeker killed a woman and injured two people with a machete, on July 24, 2016 in Reutlingen, southern Germany. (AFP PHOTO/dpa/Christoph Schmidt)
A police line near the site where a Syrian asylum-seeker killed a woman and injured two people with a machete, on July 24, 2016 in Reutlingen, southern Germany. (AFP PHOTO/dpa/Christoph Schmidt)

— AFP

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