News Axe-wielding Afghan teen attacks German railway passengers

❗ALERTE - Attaque à la hache dans un train à Würzburg en Allemagne, au moins 20 blessés. pic.twitter.com/ADp6sSaMhe

— Infos Françaises (@InfosFrancaises) July 18, 2016

The perpetrator, who fled the scene after the attack, was “shot” by officers, police confirmed. 

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann announced that authorities believe that a 17-year-old teen of Afghan origin was behind the attack.

The suspect entered the country as an “unaccompanied minor” and lived with a “foster family” for the last two weeks. Before that he had been housed at the Kolping-Heim refugee center, FOCUS online reported.
 

The minister also refuted claims of a possible second attacker, and are treating the attack as a “single perpetrator” case.

Some German media reports suggest that the 17-year-old attacker who resided in Ochsenfurt shouted “Allahu Akbar”(God is great) as he charged at his victims.

A police helicopter was circling the area and a large number of officers were deployed to the scene. Over a dozen paramedics also arrived on site, according to photos shared on Twitter.