Striker of the train was in the house flag of the Islamic State – BBC

The attack occurred on Thursday at approx. 21 in the regional train in the vicinity of Wuerzburg, lying about 70 km north of Nuremberg. Teenager at some point he took an ax and a knife and lunged at fellow.

Two people are in critical condition, the state of the other two is better. Four of the most seriously injured tourists from China. 14 other people also needed medical attention, but not because of injuries and shock.

“Allah Akbar”

After the attack, Afghan got off at the next station – Heidingsfeld. He escaping seriously wounded another random victim. During his escape he came across officers of the special police unit, which also attacked. He was shot by them.

Witnesses reported that even in the train assailant shouted “Allah Akbar”. Initially, the authorities argued that the need to confirm this, but in light of the discovery made in his apartment, it must be assumed that in fact this was probably. Herrmann explained the fact that the officers found personally painted flag Islamic State.

17-year-old, whose name was not disclosed, came to Germany two years ago without their parents. Since March he was in a refugee center in nearby Ochsenfurt, but two weeks living with a foster family. The police want to interrogate its members to determine the motives attacker, who is believed, he acted alone.

On Tuesday, the Islamic State took responsibility for the attack in Bavaria. Agency jihadists Amaq reported that the perpetrator was one of the militant groups and “carried out the operation in response to the call for attack purposes in the coalition fighting the Islamic State”.