At least one person has been killed and two more injured in an incident in the German town of Reutlingen.
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This evening, police said the suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker. The spokesman had no immediate information on when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place.
Spokesman Bjoern Reusch said in a statement that witnesses said the man, who was known to police, was having an argument with the woman before attacking her about 4.30pm local time.
The 21-year-old randomly hacked at terrified members of the public near a kebab shop in the city of Reutlingen this afternoon, it is reported.
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Four days before, a Tunisian delivery man drove a large truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing 84 people. The train attack was conducted by an alleged Afghan refugee who had pledged alliance to the “Islamic State”.
