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| One dead and three injured in knife attack at train station near Munich | One dead and three injured in knife attack at train station near Munich |
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| One person has died and three others have been injured after a man launched a knife attack at a train station in southern Germany, the Bavarian criminal office has said. | |
| Authorities are reportedly investigating a possible Islamist connection after police overpowered and arrested the suspect at the station in Grafing, 25 miles south-east of central Munich. | |
| Ein Schwerverletzter Hat Messerstecherangriff von #Grafing islamistischen Hintergrund?: https://t.co/tPgW7xi4rn pic.twitter.com/esaVgXjSp9 | Ein Schwerverletzter Hat Messerstecherangriff von #Grafing islamistischen Hintergrund?: https://t.co/tPgW7xi4rn pic.twitter.com/esaVgXjSp9 |
| Ebersberger newspaper said the attacker was a German citizen who was not known to the police. | |
| The Bavarian prosecutors’ office has started a criminal investigation and has imposed a news blackout. The station has been cordoned off by police. | |
| Germany, which is playing a supporting role in the fight against Islamic State, has not suffered the kind of major attack by Islamist militants experienced by neighbouring France and Belgium. | Germany, which is playing a supporting role in the fight against Islamic State, has not suffered the kind of major attack by Islamist militants experienced by neighbouring France and Belgium. |