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Police probe Berlin U-Bahn knife attacker for Islamist motive
 [TheLocal.de] Berlin police said on Tuesday they were unable to rule out an Islamist background after a "deranged" Syrian knifeman was locked awayYou have the right to remain silent... over an attack in one of the German capital's underground stations. Witnesses said the 23-year-old, identified as Ahmad al-H., attacked several people with a knife "for no apparent reason" at the Bayerischer Platz station in southwestern Berlin on New Year's Eve, according to a police report. But the Tagesspiegel newspaper reported that he had asked one 50-year-old German man his nationality and called him an "infidel" before stabbing him. The man suffered a light injury but declined medical treatment, police said. Other people attacked by the knife wielder including a mother with a young child escaped unharmed, according to Tagesspiegel. Police said only that the attacker - who the paper reported was known to officers after being involved in several brawls - "seemed deranged" when they arrested him in response to emergency calls. Following the arrest, officers brought the knifeman to a clinic and had him examined by a psychiatrist. "We can't confirm or deny (the reports), we are checking whether there may be an Islamist background," a police front man told AFP. The investigation has been passed to a unit which deals with politically motivated crimes, according to the police report. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-03 |
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