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Syrian refugee, 21, hacks PREGNANT woman to death with machete and injures two others before hero BMW driver runs him over in yet another attack in Germany
The attack happened in the south western city of Reutlingen
near Stuttgart where one woman was killed and two others injured before
the man wielding the machete was arrested by the police. Officers said
that the man was a 21-year-old Syrian refugee who it appeared had
randomly targeted passers-by. They added it looked as though the
perpetrator was acting alone and that he had no accomplices. The attack
comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich mall on
Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an axe attack on a
train a week ago that left five wounded.
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Syrian refugee, 21, hacks PREGNANT woman to death with machete and injures two others before hero BMW driver runs him over in yet another attack in Germany
- Syrian refugee, aged 21, went on a machete rampage in the city Reutlingen, Germany near to a doner kebab stand
- He killed one woman and injured a man and another woman in the attack before being detained by the police
- The motive for the attack is unclear but it has been reported he had a dispute with the woman before he killed her
A
Syrian refugee wielding a machete has killed a pregnant woman and
injured a man and another woman in Germany before being arrested by
police after he was run over by a man driving a BMW.
The
attack happened in the south western city of Reutlingen near a doner
kebab stand in a bus station at Listplatz Square in what has been
described as a 'crime of passion'.
German
media have been reporting that the motive for the attack in the city
south of Stuttgart was unclear but the attacker and the 45-year-old
Polish victim both worked at the same snack bar.
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Police arrest a man who is believed to have gone on a machete rampage killing a woman in the German city of Reutlingen
The man had his hands bound behind his
back and was pinned down on the floor after being detained by officers
following the attack
Pictures
from the scene appear to show the knifeman lying on the ground with
blood on his face and his weapon lying on the ground
The attack happened in the south
western city of Reutlingen near a doner kebab stand in a bus station at
Listplatz Square. German media have been reporting that the motive for
the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear
Police mark out the area where the attacker dropped the machete which he used to murder a pregnant woman and injure two others
Pictures from the scene appear to show the knifeman lying on the ground with blood on his face after being apprehended.
Armed police officers can be seen pinning him down to the ground before binding his hands behind his back.
Meanwhile,
footage filmed by passers-by also showed the bearded attacker in the
moments following the rampage running around in the street while people
scream 'oh my god'.
He
also banged on the windows of a Citroen car in which a 51-year-old woman
suffered cuts to her arms and a 41-year-old man went into shock.
The attacker also injured a 23-year-old man by slashing his face.
It
is believed a man passing the incident in a BMW car ran over the man,
knocking him to the ground, before he was detained by police.
Emergency services raced to the scene
following reports of the machete attack. The attacker has been named as a
21-year-old Syrian refugee
Blood can be seen spattered across the
ground outside the snack bar where a man killed a pregnant woman with a
machete and injured two other victims
Police were also seen searching a car,
which is believed to have hit the attacker as he fled the scene of the
killing in Reutlingen
Forensic investigators were seen working outside the restaurant where the attack took place and scouring the area for evidence
German
media reported that the killing took place outside a restaurant where
the woman worked as a cleaner. The driver, who was named as Alper K, 21,
is thought to be the son of the restaurant owner.
Paramedics
attempted to save the woman’s life after she sustained head injuries
but she died and her corpse was covered with a white sheet.
One eyewitness told German newspaper Bild: 'The perpetrator was completely out of his mind. He ran with his machete even behind a patrol car.'
Police
spokesman Bjoern Reusch said in a statement that witnesses said the
21-year-old man, who was known to police, was having an argument with
the woman, who is believed to have been working at the kebab stand,
before attacking her about 4:30 pm.
They also added that the incident 'did not bear the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.'
'According
to the information available, the perpetrator acted alone, the people
of Reutlingen and its surroundings are very probably not in danger,' the
statement added.
In the
moments after the machete attack, the man could be seen running around
close to the scene before he was knocked over by a car
The attack happened in Reutlingen,
south west Germany close to the major city of Stuttgart. The attack
comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich mall on
Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an axe attack on a
train a week ago that left five wounded
The asylum-seeking Syrian man had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to other people, police said.
The spokesman had no immediate information on when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place.
He
was injured in the collision with the BMW and is currently in hospital,
where he has not yet been questioned but is under guard by police.
The
attack comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich
mall on Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an axe attack
on a train a week ago that left five wounded.
Some
Germans are also fearful of any signs of a rise in crime or lawlessness
after the country registered some one million asylum-seekers last
year.
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