Witnesses said the 23-year-old, identified as Ahmad Al-H., attacked several people with a knife “for no apparent reason” at the Bayerischer Platz station in southwestern Berlin on New Year’s Eve, according to a police report. But the Tagesspiegel newspaper reported that he had asked one 50-year-old German man his nationality and called him an “infidel” before stabbing him. Four killed in London New Year knife violenceThe man suffered a light injury but declined medical treatment, police said. Other people attacked by the knife wielder including a mother with a young child escaped unharmed, according to Tagesspiegel. The investigation has been passed to a unit which deals with politically motivated crimes, according to the police report.

Source: The Express Tribune January 02, 2018 16:07 UTC