Man attacks passengers with axe and knife on train in Germany [View all]

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Source: The Guardian

A man armed with an axe has attacked around 20 passengers on a train in northern Bavaria, according to local police.

Three people were seriously injured and one person sustained lightinjuries before the attacker was shot by police, a police spokesperson told local newspaper Main Post.

According to Bavaria’s interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, the attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan citizen.

The man reportedly attacked passengers on a regional train travelling between the town of Treuchtlingen and the city of Würzburg.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/about-20-people-injured-in-axe-attack-on-train-in-germany

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German train 'axe attack': Many reported hurt

More than 20 people in Germany have received medical treatment after a man with an axe and a knife went on the rampage on a train, German media say.

They include three seriously injured people, one with minor injuries and 14 who are in shock.

A police operation is under way in Heidingsfeld, part of the city of Wurzburg in Germany.

A police spokesman at the scene said (in German) that the attacker was shot dead while fleeing. A journalist with the national broadcaster ZDF tweeted that the attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan man.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36827725

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