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| A 21-year-old man has killed a woman with a machete and injured two other people before being arrested in the southern German city of Reutlingen. | A 21-year-old man has killed a woman with a machete and injured two other people before being arrested in the southern German city of Reutlingen. |
| The Polish foreign ministry said the victim was a Polish woman who was pregnant. | The Polish foreign ministry said the victim was a Polish woman who was pregnant. |
| The man, a Syrian asylum seeker, had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to other people, a police spokesman said. The motive was not clear but there was no indication that the incident was a terrorist attack. | The man, a Syrian asylum seeker, had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to other people, a police spokesman said. The motive was not clear but there was no indication that the incident was a terrorist attack. |
| The assailant was apparently acting alone and “there is no danger to anyone else at this time”, the spokesman said. | The assailant was apparently acting alone and “there is no danger to anyone else at this time”, the spokesman said. |
| Witnesses said the man was having an argument with the woman before he attacked her at about 4.30pm on Sunday. | Witnesses said the man was having an argument with the woman before he attacked her at about 4.30pm on Sunday. |
| The spokesman had no immediate information about when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place. | The spokesman had no immediate information about when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place. |
| It was the third act of violence against civilians in Germany in 10 days. | It was the third act of violence against civilians in Germany in 10 days. |
| On Friday, an 18-year-old Iranian-German who was obsessed with mass killings shot dead nine people in Munich before turning his gun on himself as police approached. | On Friday, an 18-year-old Iranian-German who was obsessed with mass killings shot dead nine people in Munich before turning his gun on himself as police approached. |
| On 18 July, a 17-year-old who had sought asylum in Germany was shot dead by police after wounding four people from Hong Kong, some of them severely, with an axe on a train and injuring a local resident near the city of Wuerzburg. | On 18 July, a 17-year-old who had sought asylum in Germany was shot dead by police after wounding four people from Hong Kong, some of them severely, with an axe on a train and injuring a local resident near the city of Wuerzburg. |