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| German machete attack: Syrian refugee kills woman and injures two others in city of Reutlingen | |
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| A woman has been killed and two others have been injured after they were attacked by a Syrian refugee with a machete near Stuttgart in Germany. | A woman has been killed and two others have been injured after they were attacked by a Syrian refugee with a machete near Stuttgart in Germany. |
| Police have arrested a man in connection with the attack in the small city of Reutlingen in the south-west of the country. | Police have arrested a man in connection with the attack in the small city of Reutlingen in the south-west of the country. |
| The man is believed to have attacked the woman in a fast food restaurant at around 4:30pm local time, causing several witnesses to flee in panic. | |
| Mohammad Alhelo told German newspaper, Stuttgarter-Zeitung, that the man had run into the restaurant swinging the machete around his head. | |
| He said: "He ran with the machete through the restaurant and swung it over their heads". | |
| The 20-year-old, who worked at the fast food restaurant with the attacker and his victim, said he refilling the drinks machine when the attack started and ran away in a panic. | |
| Mr Alhelo said the attacker was arguing with the woman before he killed her on the street - he said he had fallen in love with the woman when he started working there. | |
| He described the man as "a friendly guy" who had arrived alone in Germany from Syria around 18 months ago. | |
| The unamed victim is believed to be a Polish woman who may have been pregnant at the time of the attack. | |
| After killing the woman in the restaurant the man injured two more people before being arrested. | |
| An eyewitness told Bild: "The attacker was completely out of his mind. He ran with the machete behind a police patrol car." | |
| He said a passing BMW managed to run him over and afterwards he "lay prostrate on the ground and didn't move". | He said a passing BMW managed to run him over and afterwards he "lay prostrate on the ground and didn't move". |
| The police has confirmed the attacker was a 21-year-old Syrian refugee but have not released his name. The motive for the attack is unclear but police said there is no evidence it is terror related. | |
| In a statement,they said the man was known to police but they suspect he is a "lone operator" and did not think people in and around the city are at risk. | In a statement,they said the man was known to police but they suspect he is a "lone operator" and did not think people in and around the city are at risk. |
| Police spokesman Bjoern Reusch said later that the man had been arguing with the woman before he killed her. | Police spokesman Bjoern Reusch said later that the man had been arguing with the woman before he killed her. |
| It comes as Germany is on edge following two attacks in the past week. | It comes as Germany is on edge following two attacks in the past week. |
| A teenager went on a rampage in a Munich mall on Friday evening, killing nine, and an Afghan teenager attacked train passengers with an axe in Bavaria, wounding five, before being shot dead by police last week. | A teenager went on a rampage in a Munich mall on Friday evening, killing nine, and an Afghan teenager attacked train passengers with an axe in Bavaria, wounding five, before being shot dead by police last week. |