A 30-year-old man attacked several passers-by with a knife, injuring two. The accused attacked the police, who opened fire and seriously injured him.
The man shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ several times while committing the crime (Photo: Representative)
A knife-wielding man injured two people in a southern German city on Thursday, fatally shot by police, who said they were investigating a possible “Islamic or terrorist reference”.
According to local police, the 30-year-old man attacked several passers-by “with at least one knife” near the train station in Ansbach, a Bavarian town near Nuremberg.
Two people were injured but there was no threat to their lives, the statement said.
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When security forces intervened, the attacker “attacked the police” who opened fire and seriously injured him, the statement said.
“The man shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ several times while committing the crime,” police said, adding that they were investigating “whether the crime had an Islamist or terrorist context”.
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