Germany: deadly knife attack at train station

A man who stabbed a passenger to death at a German train station and injured three others appeared to have mental health problems, according to the authorities.

TUESDAY 10 MAY 2016

Initially, police said witnesses had heard the attacker, who targeted commuters at a station near Munich, shout 'Allahu Akbar' ('God is Greatest' in Arabic).

But Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann later said there were no indications he had a migrant background.

He added that the man had been seen in a different part of Germany a few days ago and was suspected of using drugs. His behaviour had suggested he could be mentally disturbed.

A 27-year-old man was arrested at the scene and there are no other suspects.

A 50-year-old died of stab wounds in hospital shortly after being attacked on a train. The other stabbed men, aged between 43 and 58, sustained serious injuries.

The attack took place at about 5am local time at the train station at Grafing, a commuter town 20 miles from the Bavarian capital in southern Germany.