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10th May 2016

Breaking: Man stabs 4 people in fatal terror attack in Germany

Nooruddean Choudry

UPDATE: A German man is being held by Munich police, according to The Independent.

A 27-year-old man is in police custody, and is known to have psychological and drug related issues.

One person has been killed, whilst three are injured.

In depressing news coming out of Germany, a knife-wielding man has stabbed four people at a train station. The attack happened in Grafing, 25 miles south-east of Munich in Bavaria.

A police spokesman confirmed that the authorities have not ruled out a “political motive”, whilst Ebersberger newspaper report that the attacker is a German citizen not known to the police.

The Bavarian Criminal Office have confirmed that one person has died and three others were been injured in the terror attack. A criminal investigation is underway and a news blackout has been imposed.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the local police have arrested a suspect after overpowering him at the scene of the attack.

 

This article originally appeared on JOE.co.uk