A warrant for arrest was issued against a man suspected of attacking a knife in a German bus

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court has issued an arrest warrant against an Iranian-German man suspected of attacking a bus in the northern city of Lübeck, but nothing is wrong. Indicates that there is a terrorist attack Police and prosecutors said Saturday.

Police said that the 34 – year – old German citizen had wounded 10 people during Friday 's attack, but there was no sign that he was being radicalized or that he was. he had a terrorist motive.

Prosecutors said in a statement that they had asked the arrest warrant for the man suspected of attempted murder as well as bodily injury and attempted fire. He was ordered to be remanded in custody.

A spokesman for the prosecutors in Lubeck said the reasons were unclear because the suspect had not commented on them.

"We have no indication that it was a terrorist act," she said.

The suspect was born in Iran but took German nationality many years ago and lived in Luebeck.

The accused did not comment on the alleged crimes and was taken to prison in Luebeck, according to police and prosecutors.

CCTV images of the bus led him to suspect that he wanted to set the vehicle on fire, thus injuring as many people as possible and potentially killing some.

A 21-year-old Dutchman seriously injured in the knife attack survived only through an emergency operation but is no longer in critical condition.

According to the statement, the accused allegedly attempted to prevent the driver from extinguishing the fire by punching him in the face, but the driver of the driver bus still managed to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher.

The Germans have been at odds since December 2016, when a Tunisian whose asylum application was rejected and who had links with Islamist militants hijacked a truck and dumped himself in a crowded market in Berlin. Twelve people, including the man who was driving the truck during his hijacking, were killed.

In April 2018, a man drove a van into a group of people sitting in front of a restaurant in the German city of Münster, killing two people before killing himself. There was no evidence of connection with Islamist militancy and he was not a refugee.