(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, JAN 22 - A knife attacker in Germany
killed a two-year-old child and a man and seriously wounded two
others Wednesday, said police, who arrested an Afghan suspect at
the scene. The stabbings happened in a public park in the centre
of the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg at around 11:45 am (1045
GMT), they said. They are the latest in a series of deadly knife
attacks to have shaken Germany in recent months, fuelling
concerns over public safety. The attacker targeted a group of
children from a daycare centre who were in the park, German
media reported. "Two people were fatally injured," police said,
while another two were seriously hurt and receiving treatment in
hospital. The suspect, a 28-year-old man from Afghanistan, was
arrested "in the immediate vicinity of the crime scene". Police
said investigations into the "background of the crime" were
ongoing, without indicating a possible motive for the attack.
German media reported that the man was said to have had
psychological issues and had received treatment several times.
(ANSA-AFP).
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