In Germany: Two Injured in Stabbing Attack, Suspect Shot by Police

A man armed with a knife stabbed two people in a town in southern Germany before being killed by police, who are investigating potential "Islamic or terrorist" motives. The 30-year-old attacked several passersby "with at least one knife" near the Ansbach station, a town in Bavaria not far from Nuremberg, according to a statement from local police. Two people were injured, but their lives are not in danger, the same source reported. The statement indicated that the attacker "assaulted police officers" during their intervention, prompting them to open fire and inflict fatal wounds on him. Eyewitnesses reported that "the man also shouted 'Allahu Akbar' several times during the incident," according to police, who clarified that they are investigating "whether the crime is linked to an Islamic or terrorist context."