A two-year-old boy and 41-year-old man have been killed whereas two others have been injured in a stabbing incident within the southern German state of Bavaria.
A person, described by police as a 28-year-old Afghan nationwide, has been arrested following the knife assault in a park in Aschaffenburg on Wednesday.
Police stated the 2 severely injured individuals have been receiving hospital remedy and {that a} cordon remained in place within the space across the scene.
Officers have stated the motive for the assault is at present unclear.
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Close to the crime scene in Aschaffenburg.
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The suspect, who had adopted a day care group of 5 babies, was detained on the scene in Schoental park, an English-style backyard within the Bavarian metropolis, the place the assault occurred at round 11.45am native time.
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Nonetheless, he was shortly detained, police stated.
A witness is being questioned, police added. They stated there was no indication of additional suspects and no hazard to the general public.
Police stated they didn’t know the nationality of the 2 individuals who have been killed and they didn’t launch any particulars about these injured.
Germany has been hit by a string of violent assaults, together with a automobile ramming right into a crowd at a Christmas market within the metropolis of Magdeburg in December, killing six individuals and injuring about 200.
