Three people were wounded in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany on Saturday, local police said, adding a suspect had been arrested.
Officers said the danger was over and a 27-year-old man was in custody, with unconfirmed media reports claiming the suspect was of Syrian origin and suffered from psychiatric issues.
Local prosecutors are handling the case rather than the federal officials who would deal with suspected terrorism.
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– ‘Horrible’ attack –
“This knife attack is horrible,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Twitter.
“The motive for the crime is still unclear and will now be determined.”
Islamist suspects have committed several violent attacks in recent years, the deadliest being a truck rampage at a Berlin Christmas market in December 2016 that killed 12 people.
– ‘Radical Islamists’ –
“Germany and Western Europe are still in the sights of radical Islamists,” he warned at the time.
Several attacks or attempted attacks were carried out by asylum seekers who arrived in Germany during the 2015 migration crisis.
German officials believe the attackers planned their acts alone, unlike some of the attacks in France in 2015 that were ordered by the Islamic State jihadist group.
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