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1 killed, 3 injured: Man reportedly shouts ‘Allah is great,’ stabs people at train station nr Munich 1 killed, 3 injured: Man reportedly shouts ‘Allah is great,’ stabs people at train station nr Munich
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At least one man has been killed and three injured after a knife-wielding man reportedly shouting “Allah Akbar” attacked people at Grafing train station near the Bavarian capital, local media reported. At least one man has been killed and three injured after a knife-wielding German man reportedly shouting “Allah Akbar” attacked people at Grafing train station near the city of Munich. The attack might have an Islamist motive, officials said.
Apart from ‘Allahu Akbar’ the man was heard shouting “unbelievers,” Das Bild newspaper reported, citing local witnesses. Apart from "Allahu Akbar" the man was heard shouting “unbelievers,” Das Bild newspaper reported, citing local witnesses.
The prosecutor has confirmed the death of a 50-year-old man. He added that “two people are badly wounded, one is in critical condition.” The three injured are aged 58, 43 and 55.The prosecutor has confirmed the death of a 50-year-old man. He added that “two people are badly wounded, one is in critical condition.” The three injured are aged 58, 43 and 55.
A 27-year-old German citizen made an “announcement” before the attack, which prompted the belief the incident was “politically motivated,” the prosecutor said. The “assailant made remarks at the scene of the crime that indicate a political motive - apparently an Islamist one,” Ken Heidenreich, spokesman for the prosecutor's office, told AFP. “We are still determining what the exact remarks were.”
The attacker stabbed a newspaper delivery man in the back, a firefighter told the Merkur paper. The 27-year-old German citizen stabbed a newspaper delivery man in the back, a firefighter told the Merkur paper.
Police aren’t excluding an “Islamist agenda” in the attack, a spokesman for the Bavarian police told the Mittelbayerische Zeitung.
The attacker is reportedly from the city of Hesse in central Germany. He doesn’t have a migrant background, the ARD broadcaster said.The attacker is reportedly from the city of Hesse in central Germany. He doesn’t have a migrant background, the ARD broadcaster said.
According to German law enforcers, the alleged perpetrator was arrested on the spot. He has no criminal record. The offender is reportedly a German citizen, the town's mayor Angelika Obermayr told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. According to German law enforcers, the alleged perpetrator was arrested on the spot. He has no criminal record. 
"The idea that people enter the station or deliver newspapers there and then become victims of a maniac is terrible. Hopefully they will recover completely," Obermayr said. "I am most grateful to the police, doctors, paramedics and our firefighters who reacted quickly on the scene." "The idea that people enter the station or deliver newspapers there and then become victims of a maniac is terrible. Hopefully they will recover completely," the town's mayor Angelika Obermayr told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. "I am most grateful to the police, doctors, paramedics and our firefighters who reacted quickly on the scene."
Access to Grafing station is partially blocked and significant delays are expected.Access to Grafing station is partially blocked and significant delays are expected.
The station has been closed following the attack. “The station is a crime scene,” and specialists will be working there, a police spokesman told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.The station has been closed following the attack. “The station is a crime scene,” and specialists will be working there, a police spokesman told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
This is not the first knife attack in Germany that has an apparent Islamist motive. In February, a 15-year-old girl, Safia S., stabbed a police officer at the main train station in Hannover. According to prosecutors, the girl had “embraced radical jihadist ideology of the foreign terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.”
In September 2015, a 41-year-old, Rafik Y. of Iraqi origin, seriously injured a female officer in Berlin. The attacker was later revealed as a known Islamic extremist.