BERLIN (AP) — German authorities state they have actually discovered proof of an Islamic extremist intention in recently’s knife attack in the southwestern city of Mannheim in which a law enforcement officer was fatally hurt.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann composed on the social networks platform X late Monday that “there are now clear signs of an Islamist intention” for the attack and federal district attorneys, who are accountable for terrorism and nationwide security cases, are taking control of the examination.
The federal district attorney’s workplace verified Tuesday that it has actually handled the examination, pointing out the significance of the case and the suspicion that it was consistently encouraged.
Detectives have actually stated the thought foe, a 25-year-old male from Afghanistan who has actually resided in Germany given that 2014 and supposedly had his asylum application declined, stabbed numerous members of a group that explains itself as opposing “political Islam.”
5 members of the Pax Europa group were hurt together with a law enforcement officer who attempted to stop the attack. The 29-year-old officer passed away of his injuries on Sunday.
Cops rapidly put an end to the attack by shooting the foe, who was injured.
The stabbing, about a week before Germany votes in European Parliament elections, has actually triggered calls from opposition and some governing celebration political leaders for authorities to allow deportations to Afghanistan, which were successfully suspended when the Taliban took power there in 2021, and to Syria.