A Syrian refugee wielding a machete has killed a woman and injured two other people in Germany before being arrested by police. The attack happened in the south western city of Reutlingen near a doner kebab stand at Listplatz Square.
German media have been reporting that the motive for the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear.
Armed police officers can be seen pinning him down to the ground before binding his hands behind his back.
It is believed a man passing the incident in a BMW car ran over the man, knocking him to the ground, before he was detained by police.
One eyewitness told German newspaper Bild: 'The perpetrator was completely out of his mind. He ran with his machete even behind a patrol car.' Reutlingen police confirmed that they had arrested a 21-year-old man, who it appeared had been having a dispute with a woman before killing her and injuring two others.
They added it looked as though the perpetrator was acting alone and that he had no accomplices.
The asylum-seeking Syrian man had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to other people, police said.
The spokesman had no immediate information on when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place. The attack comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich mall on Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an axe attack on a train a week ago that left five wounded.
Daily Mail
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