Axe-Wielding Afgan Man Shot Dead After Slashing At Least 20 People On German Train Screaming “Allahu Akbar”

– Axe-Wielding Afgan Man Shot Dead After Slashing At Least 20 People On German Train Screaming “Allahu Akbar”:

Summary:

• Over a dozen people have been injured after a 17-year-old Afghan man armed with an axe and a knife attacked people on board a train traveling between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt,
  German police confirmed that between 10 and 15 people were injured in the attack. Meanwhile local media reports suggested that up to 21 people could have been hurt.
• The Afghan assailant is said to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack. He was “shot” by officers as he tried to flee the scene.
• At least three of the victims suffered “serious” injuries, police spokesman told local news outlet Blaulicht Würzburg.
• Another person suffered light injuries, while all 14 passengers who had been in the same car of the regional train were in a state of “shock” following the onslaught.

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Update 2: As some have speculated, it turns out that the axe-assailant was not local, and was in fact a 17-year-old Afghan who shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the attack on the German train.

Update: BBC reports local police confirm the axe-man has been shot dead.

As we detailed earlier, more than 20 people in Germany have been injured after a man with an axe went on the rampage on a train, according to German media.

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The Express reports, the man then went on the run, with a huge police force, including a helicopter, in pursuit, and has been shot.

As The BBC reports,

A police operation including a helicopter is under way in Heidingsfeld, a part of the city of Wurzburg in southern Germany.

Local media (in German) tweeted that 20 people had been injured and a suspect appeared to have been shot.

The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt is closed.

4 victims are reportedly critical, 1 moderately, and 14 being treated for shock.

No details as yet on the ethicity of the attacker but we would imagine the opposition AfD party will benefit further from the chaos as Merkel appears to be losing control.

WTF is this world coming to?