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Syrian Refugee Arrested in Germany After Fatal Machete Attack Syrian Refugee Arrested in Germany After Fatal Machete Attack
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Munich — A 21-year-old refugee from Syria was arrested in southwestern Germany on Sunday after he fatally attacked a woman with a machete, the police said. It was the second major act of violence carried out by an asylum seeker in a week.Munich — A 21-year-old refugee from Syria was arrested in southwestern Germany on Sunday after he fatally attacked a woman with a machete, the police said. It was the second major act of violence carried out by an asylum seeker in a week.
The man, whose identity was not released, was known to the police, according to officials in Reutlingen, where the attack occurred near the city’s central bus station on Sunday afternoon. The man injured two other people before he was subdued by officers.The man, whose identity was not released, was known to the police, according to officials in Reutlingen, where the attack occurred near the city’s central bus station on Sunday afternoon. The man injured two other people before he was subdued by officers.
It was not immediately known if the suspect knew the woman or the others.It was not immediately known if the suspect knew the woman or the others.
The attacker acted alone, and “based on what we know at this time, the citizens of Reutlingen face no further danger,” the police said in a statement hours after the attack.The attacker acted alone, and “based on what we know at this time, the citizens of Reutlingen face no further danger,” the police said in a statement hours after the attack.
Although Germans have not been the victims of a coordinated terror attack on the scale of those in France and Belgium, the country has been unsettled by a week of violence.Although Germans have not been the victims of a coordinated terror attack on the scale of those in France and Belgium, the country has been unsettled by a week of violence.
On Monday, a 17-year-old refugee who came to Germany from Afghanistan as an unaccompanied minor injured four people on a train and a fifth passer-by near Würzburg. He was armed with an ax and a knife. On Friday, an Iranian-German opened fire in Munich in a shooting rampage that the authorities there said was not linked to a political motivation. Nevertheless, it sent waves of panic through the southern German city until the police confirmed that the gunman was dead. Last Monday, a 17-year-old refugee who came to Germany from Afghanistan as an unaccompanied minor injured four people on a train and a fifth passer-by near Würzburg. He was armed with an ax and a knife. On Friday, an Iranian-German opened fire in Munich in a rampage that the authorities there said was not linked to a political motivation. Nevertheless, it sent waves of panic through the southern German city until the police confirmed that the gunman was dead.
Syrians accounted for more than a third of the 397,000 applications for asylum in Germany in the first half of this year. Most of those will be granted the right to stay in the country and begin the integration process of learning the language and laws.Syrians accounted for more than a third of the 397,000 applications for asylum in Germany in the first half of this year. Most of those will be granted the right to stay in the country and begin the integration process of learning the language and laws.