VIENNA —
A 27-year-old man who stabbed 4 folks with a knife on a German high-speed prepare apparently attacked his victims “at random” and confirmed indicators of psychological sickness, authorities stated Sunday.
Police and investigators advised reporters in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz that the attacker’s intentions had been nonetheless unclear, however there is no such thing as a indication presently of a terror motive.
Shortly earlier than 9 a.m. on Saturday, police acquired a name alerting them {that a} man with a knife was attacking passengers on Intercity Categorical prepare 928, which was touring from Regensburg to Nuremberg in southeastern Germany.
Utilizing an 8-centimetre (3.1-inch) folding knife, the suspect first went after a 26-year-old man in the identical prepare automotive, wounding him within the head.
The suspect then attacked a 60-year-old man, who was wounded on his head and torso, and one other 60-year-old man, who additionally was wounded.
At that time, the suspect fled to a different prepare automotive and stabbed a 39-year-old man on his higher physique.
All 4 victims had been from the Regensburg and close by Passau space and had been taken to close by hospitals.
Police stated the suspect, a Syrian citizen, got here to Germany in 2014 and was granted asylum in 2016. He had been residing in Passau.
Investigators stated an preliminary analysis advised he suffered from psychological sickness.
The high-speed prepare pulled into Seubersdorf, a station between Regensburg and Nuremberg, and law enforcement officials shortly arrested the suspect “with out resistance.”
