Attack in Germany: Young man stabbed and killed three people in shopping center

A group of German police rushes to the scene of the crime to try to contain the attack of the young African. (Photo: Reuters / Thomas Obermeier)

At least three people died and several were seriously injured this Friday while being stabbed for a 24 year old Somali boy randomly in a shopping center and on a street in the city center German from Würzburg, located in the south of the country. The aggressor finally He was stopped, and the German police are investigating a motive terrorist.

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The attack occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time when the attacker, who was alone and with a knife big, he started to stab to people walking in the street without saying a word, The Interior Minister of the Bavarian region, Joachim Herrmann, explained himself in statements to the media.

For the time being the reasons are unknown of the aggressor. “I hope the police can move quickly with their investigation to clarify what happened,” Herrmann said.

The security forces arrived at the scene with a large device and managed to Stop to the aggressor in a few minutes, after reducing it shoot him in the thigh. His life he is not in danger, He is aware and can be questioned, the German official said.

Before the police arrived, several passers-by tried to stop the young man from attacking other people by yelling at him, threatening him and throwing objects such as chairs at him.

The Head of the Interior pointed out that the alleged perpetrator – who arrived in Germany in 2015 and was residing in a center for people without accommodation from Würzburg – had started two weeks ago a psychiatric treatment, but he also indicated that, according to a witness to the assault, the young man would have shouted on one occasion “Allah Akbar” (Alá es grande).

“The police are investigating whether there might be a Islamist motivation “, Herrmann said. For their part, the police indicated that they were aware of various previous offenses of the aggressor, nothing this indicated an Islamist motivation.

According to the first re-enactment of events, the assailant bought the knife from a mall and there he attacked his first victims. The three dead – among whom it seems that the father of a minor was injured – were found inside this establishment.

The attacker then went out into the street where attacked several more passers-by in front of a bank, and also in a well known place from the city several meters away.

At social networks circulate various videos which show these moments of tension and horror, with the alleged assailant, barefoot and carrying a long knife, through the center of Würzburg as he was pursued by a group of people.

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According to the security forces, there is no reason to think that there could be another abuser involved in this attack. “There is no danger to the population,” said a spokesman for the local police.

“Terrible and scandalous news from Würzburg: we mourn the victims and their families. We hope to support the injured. Thank you to the police for their rapid intervention, ”assured the Bavarian head of government Markus Söder via Twitter.