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Illegal immigrant from Afghanistan stabs two to death

Germany: Stabbing in Aschaffenburg leaves 2 dead



Published 01/22/2025

Published January 22, 2025last updated 19 hours ago

A man has been arrested after the knife attack in the southern German state of Bavaria. The motives for the stabbing are still unclear, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it "an act of terror."


A 28-year-old suspect, who police say is from Afghanistan, has been taken into custody. Another person who witnessed the attack is also being held for questioning, but was not suspected of wrongdoing. 


Herrmann said the suspect had entered Germany in 2022. His asylum claim was unsuccessful and he was supposed to have left the country late last year.

The suspect had a history of violent behavior and was undergoing psychiatric treatment by the time his asylum case was denied.

The suspect's accommodation at an asylum center was searched. Investigators found psychiatric medication but no "evidence of a radical Islamist attitude."

Initial information regarding a motive pointed "very strongly in the direction of his obvious mental illness," Herrmann said.

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