German Police Kill Afghan Teen After Train Axe Attack

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سه شنبه 29 سرطان 1395 ساعت 08:20 نوشته شده توسط AFP

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German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife, seriously wounding four in what one official said was a "probable" Islamist attack.

Several other people were also injured in the assault on a regional train near the southe 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 assailant had arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Germany and had lived at first in a shelter and then more recently with a foster family in nearby Ochsenfurt.

"It is quite probable that this was an Islamist attack," said a ministry spokesman, adding that the assailant had shouted "Allahu akbar" [God is greatest].

However he stressed that the investigation was ongoing and that the teenager appeared to have acted alone.

The attack happened around 9:15 pm local time on the train, which runs between Treuchlingen and Wuerzburg in Bavaria.

An eyewitness who lives next to the railway station told DPA news agency that the train, which had been carrying around 25 people, looked "like a slaughterhouse" with blood covering the floor.

The man, who declined to give his name, said he saw people crawl from the carriage and ask for a first-aid kit as other victims lay on the floor inside.

"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," a police spokesman said.

Herrmann later said that the teenager was shot when he attacked police while trying to escape the scene.

A special police force unit happened to be nearby and was able to mobilize quickly, Hermann added.

Four of those injured are members of a family from Hong Kong, authorities in the southe Chinese city said Tuesday, adding the immigration department was providing them with assistance.

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