BERLIN—A stabbing incident in Bavaria on Wednesday killed two people, including a two-year-old toddler, and seriously wounded two others, according to German police.
A suspect in the knife assault at a park in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg has been apprehended, according to police.
Police informed The Associated Press that they did not know the reason for the attack because the inquiry was still in its early stages.
Train service in the town was momentarily disrupted while the suspect attempted to run down the tracks, according to the German news agency dpa. He was promptly caught, according to police, who posted on the social networking platform X.
Police requested potential witnesses to come forward. According to reports, the second victim was a 41-year-old guy, while the suspect was an Afghan national aged 28. They did not know the nationalities of the two victims murdered, nor did they provide any information about the injured. They also denied to provide information on how the incident occurred.
The governor of Bavaria denounced the attack, describing it as "a terrible day for all of Bavaria."
“We mourn the victims of a cowardly and despicable act. We mourn the loss of a small, innocent child who was fatally injured,” Markus Söder wrote on X. “We mourn the loss of a helper who paid for his civil courage with his own life.”
“The circumstances of this inconceivable act must be fully clarified,” he added. “But now is the time to pause for thought. It simply hurts. We pray for the victims and their families. We hope that all those injured recover quickly and fully.”
Germany's Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, expressed condolences for the victims' families and promised that "the investigation will shed light on the background to this terrible act of violence."
“My thoughts and heartfelt sympathy are with the parents of the child who was killed, for whom there could be no more terrible news,” she said. “My deepest sympathy also goes to the family of the man who lost his life as a result of this brutal act.”
