A fifth family member, a 17-year-old son, was not hurt.
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The train was on its way from the Bavarian town of Treuchtlingen to Wuerzburg, which is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Nuremberg.
A statement released by al-Amaq earlier today said the attack was carried out “in response to calls to target nations in the coalition fighting the Islamic State”.
Some 14 to 25 people were classified as “in shock” and treated at the scene after the attack, according to Alexander Gross, a police officer in Bavaria.
The teenager reportedly shouted the Islamist slogan “Allahu akbar” (“God is great”) during the attack.In the video, IS identified the attacker as Muhammad Riyad, who can be heard speaking Pashto.
The city’s immigration department said that it was providing assistance to the family following the attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
“The perpetrator was able to leave the train, police left in pursuit and as part of this pursuit, they shot the attacker and killed him”, a police spokesman said.
“They (police) chased him up, confronted him, the attacker then was very aggressive and attacked the police officers with his ax”, Herrmann said.
“The first emergency call that the police headquarters received was about a witness who said that the attacker carried out attacks causing serious injuries and he had called out Allahu Akhbar”, Herrmann said.
The case is likely to deepen worries about so-called “lone wolf” attacks in Europe and could put political pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has welcomed hundreds of thousands of migrants to Germany over the past year.
But German authorities said additional investigation was needed to determine the motivation, according to Reuters.
(CNN) – A hand-drawn flag resembling the one used by ISIS was found in the room of the man who attacked several people on a train in southern Germany late Monday evening, officials said.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Monday night attack, but authorities say so far they have found no direct links to the group and believe the suspect, whose name was not released, self-radicalized. Investigators were talking to the foster family, witnesses and the attacker’s friends. Police fatally shot the attacker. He was shot and killed.
He said people who knew the teen, who came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor two years ago, described him as a devout Muslim, but not “radical or fanatic”.
Herrmann said two victims members of a Chinese tourist family are in critical condition.
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying condemned the attack, which he said injured four of five members of a Hong Kong family that was on holiday in Germany.
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Germany previous year registered more than 1 million asylum seekers entering the country, including more than 150,000 Afghans.
