Hong Kong officials said Tuesday that four members of a family from the semiautonomous southern Chinese city were hurt in an ax and knife attack on a German train.
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The father, 62, and the boyfriend, 31, suffered life-threatening injuries after trying to…
The statement says the attacker was “a member of the Islamic State” group and carried out the attack in response to the militant group’s calls to attack countries that are members of the anti-ISIS coalition.
German authorities are investigating the ISIS connection, but ISIS didn’t really have a presence in Afghanistan until it first emerged previous year in the country’s east, gaining ground often among disaffected Taliban and Afghan youth.
The attacker tried to attack the police and was shot dead by the police.
As the flow of migrants has slowed this year, the anti-immigrant protests have faded, but the train attack seemed likely to raise concerns again.
The self-styled Islamic State group (IS) has released a video purporting to show him making threats.
Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said yesterday that a hand-painted Isis flag had been found in a search of the attacker’s bedroom.
Investigator Lothar Koehler said the teenager’s motivation appeared to be Islamic extremism based upon a passage, found among notes in his apartment, which read: “Pray for me that I can take revenge on these infidels and pray for me that I will go to heaven”.
The city’s immigration department said that it was providing assistance to the family following the attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg. He said the suspect had learned Saturday that a friend had died in Afghanistan.
The Afghan teenager had been living with a foster family since moving from a refugee centre in the town two weeks ago. He didn’t respond to her comments but left for another train auto, hid in a bathroom and armed himself, Ohlenschlager said.
“One can’t say there is no connection between refugees and terrorism”, he said, but added that even without any refugees, the danger of a terrorist attack would still be considered high.
Approximately 20 to 30 people were on the train, according to Gross.
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Another woman was wounded after the assailant jumped from the train and fled, prosecutors said.
