Posted on 07/18/2016 7:37:39 PM PDT by Kaslin
A 17-year-old Afghan refugee was shot dead by police after injuring four passengers in a slashing attack aboard a train late Monday near Wuerzburg in the southern German state of Bavaria, authorities said.
Three of the victims were critically wounded.
An initial investigation found that the attacker, who wielded a knife and an axe, came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told German broadcasters.
Asked if the violence was fueled by Islamist motivations, Herrmann said the suspect had shouted something in connection with the attack, but that the investigation was still underway.
The commuter train was travelling from Treuchtlingen to Wuerzburg at the time of the attack.
In addition to the wounded, 14 people aboard the train were receiving care for shock.
After the attack, the boy tried to flee. A police special operations unit, which happened to be nearby at the time of the incident, pursued the suspect, who was shot dead when he tried to attack the officers.
Based on witness accounts, police believe the boy acted alone, Herrmann said.
The boy, which arrived in Germany without his parents, had lived in a refugee home in Ochsenfurt in the Wuerzburg area, and most recently was with a foster family.
Another Merkel Muslim....
Sorry folks, you’ve been Merkeled!
Yes, invading forces generally do not bring parents to the front line.
Did it being with "alla" and end in "akbar"????
Something about a guy named Allah and his snack bar ....couldn't really make it out....totally incomprehensible. I guess we'll never know his motives....
And every other news report said that it was definitely, "Allahu Akbar!"
Lived with “a foster family”
probably the family had teenage daughters...
what was he doing on the train if he was suppose to be at the house ???
run away ??? free to travel ???
said he was going to school, work ???
aren’t these Islamic terrorists controlled at all ???
He shouted Allahu Akhbar... but we don’t yet know what that means or if it’s related to the attack... Investigation continues... #abmerkeln
A big story considering the trends, yet mostly ignored by the media.
Asked if the violence was fueled by Islamist motivations, Herrmann said the suspect had shouted something in connection with the attack, but that the investigation was still underway.
Wow. I hope they can figure out what triggered this deranged kid to go on a rampage.
I will help them -
Jihadist influences + mental illness is a deadly combination.
No matter. The best remedy to this is to import more of them to show them how much we care. To them this makes perfect sense. To me it is the same thing as not doing a product recall of soup that contains glass shavings because it is only a few dozen cans out of thousands. Government demands a recall under those circumstances don’t they?
Perhaps he just bit his tongue badly - you never know these days....
I’m glad to see the police were executing their responsibilities.
Are merkels pickles in suspiciously cloudy liquid?
I’m sure he was “vetted” so Germany could be sure he was a safe bet for admission to the country.... just the way all the refugees Obama and Hillary are bringing will be well “vetted”....
One curiosity about Afghanistan is that they don't keep track of their ages, and don't celebrate birthdays, because they think that is not islamic. He probably doesn't really know how old he is.
Afghan refugee shot dead after slashing attack on German train
“He said authorities were still investigating the motive of the attack and were looking into reports that the suspect had yelled out “an exclamation” during the rampage.
He was responding to reports that some witnesses had heard the suspect shout “Allahu Akbar” (”God Is Great”) during the attack.”
“Herrmann said the suspect had shouted something in connection with the attack, but that the investigation was still underway.”
Reports are the yout was yelling “Geronimo”, although one witness reported “Banzai”.
The literal translation of Allahu Akhbar is "(My) God is Greater".
An important distinction.
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