Refugee screaming 'Allahu akbar' attacks German train passengers with axe

[MikeWB]

The teenager was shot dead as he attempted to leave the train having injured a number of people

An axe-man who stormed a passenger train and hacked at terrified passengers while shouting "Allahu Akbar" has been identified as a 17-year-old Afghan who entered Germany as a lone refugee.

The attacker was identified by stunned government officials after a huge investigation was launched just hours after the bloody attack exploded.

The horror began at around 9mpm local time when the teenager stormed a train that was travelling close to Wurzburg in southern Germany.

He then shouted "Allahu Akbar" - which means God is greatest - before launching into the terrifying attack on innocent passengers and then attempting to flee.

News outlets in Germany have claimed the crazed attacker then suddenly turned and headed for police who then shot him dead.

Early reports claim he has left at least three people fighting for shock lives, and a fourth with minor injuries.

At least 14 other passengers were being treated for shock.

The attacker has been identified as a 17-year-old Afghan man who was a refugee to Germany, according to reports in Germany.

His motive has not yet been revealed, with police refusing to comment on whether or not it was a terrorist attack.

Police have confirmed that at least four people, three of who feared to be fighting for their lives, have been injured in the horrifying attack - which began this evening. Another 14 are being treated for shock.

Eye-witnesses say the man went on the rampage with an axe before attempting to flee from the scene.

The incident is understood to have taken place at the station in Heidingsfeld, a part of the city of Wurzburg in southern Germany.

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The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt is closed as investigators scour the area for clues.

    Hubschrauber kreisen über #Würzburg Heidingsfeld. Keiner gibt derzeit Infos raus. Situation undurchsichtig. pic.twitter.com/C34BH1iqDj
    — Christian Hüther (@huethi89) July 18, 2016

Police are not yet commenting on either the identity.

A number of German media outlets have reported the attacker was shot by police as he tried to flee the scene.

According to sources, he had an axe and a knife on him - both of which he is alleged to have been using in the brutal assault.

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Helicopters were seen swirling over head as the area was flooded with emergency services who raced to treat those injured.

There has not yet been any word on whether or not the attack is linked to extremism of any kind, but Europe has been on major alert since a terrorist killed more than 80 people with a massive lorry in Nice last week.

Twisted killer Mohamed Louhouaiej Bouhlel zigzagged along the Promenade des Anglais smashing into terrified pedestrians as thousands gathered in Nice last Thursday.

Large swathes of Europe is on mjor alert from the threat of terrorism - with many traditional holiday hotspots now being declared as "high risk" by the Foreign Office.

[rmstock]

The scene of the attack inside the train near Wurzburg. Credit: EPA

Madness. Looks like your average security detail on trains doesn't cut
to the chase.  An upgrade to Nordic Viking Shield security in full
armor is needed to root out such Moors train attacks.

[MikeWB]

You can't have security everywhere. Solution is to round up all these refugees and ship them back to countries they came from.

[Idaho Kid]

Reinvigorate the Baltic Dry.  and the German nationalist spirit.

[rmstock]

You can't have security everywhere. Solution is to round up all these refugees and ship them back to countries they came from.

Countries ? We have to watch out our own country will exist. The EU
Hapsburg elites from Brussels and Strasbourgch have implemented the
Schengen border-less treaty, basically restoring their most adored
medieval situation of unchecked travel, reintroducing the Wild Wild
West into EU mainland with the objective to nurture rape, pillage and
plunder. The International Traveling Jew in the mean time  benefited
dearly and  has taken control of the European airports with its security
corporations who are uncountable to the nations where the airport is
located.

[MikeWB]

Latest from Germany...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrHKkecgpX0

Police discovered a hand-painted Islamic State flag in the room of the Afghan teen who attacked passengers on a train in Germany. The group claimed responsibility, releasing a video in which the alleged perpetrator promises to conduct an attack.

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) has said the attacker was one of its fighters, according to IS-affiliated Amaq news agency. The agency later released a video, allegedly showing the axe attacker. Identifying him as Muhammad Riyad, IS called him a "soldier of the Caliphate."

In the video, the alleged perpetrator reportedly called on Muslims who couldn't reach IS strongholds in Syria and Iraq to conduct attacks in their own countries. The young man, whose identity cannot be immediately verified, is seen wielding a knife in a screenshot from a video which is circulating on social media. He reportedly claimed he would use the weapon in a slaughter to avenge the killings of people in Muslim countries.

    #BREAKING: Amaq identified the #Würzburg Terrorist as Muhammad Riayad (@Rita_Katz)
    pic.twitter.com/w1kPaaydbV
    — I.E.N. (@GoldenKrant) July 19, 2016

Police have also found documents suggesting the Afghan teen who attacked passengers on the train in Wurzburg had links with IS.

"It is clear that apart from Islamic State terror group's flag, several documents that indicate of the suspect's links to IS have been discovered in the suspect's room," N24 reported, adding that the documents have been taken by police for further analysis.

Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said Tuesday that a note was found in the teen's room indicating he may have been self-radicalized. In the note the attacker wrote of Islam and a "need to resist."

Warning: graphic video

"We also discovered a text in Pashto written partly in Arabic and partly in Latin, which indicates that this could be someone who has self-radicalized recently," Herrmann said, noting that this had yet to be proven.

Herrmann also said that people who had been close to the attacker told investigators he had an appearance of a calm, not expressly religious person.

The official stressed that the attack is no reason for generalized suspicion of refugees. He added that attacks like the one in Wurzburg would not stop Germans from riding in trains and that people must not let "such attackers" ruin their lives.
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Rescuers gather on a road near railtracks in Wuerzburg southern Germany on July 18, 2016 after a man attacked train passengers with an axe. © DPA Ax-wielding Afghan teen attacks German railway passengers

According to initial findings the attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan refugee who arrived in Germany two years ago as an unaccompanied minor. He lived in the district of Würzburg for some time, in a town of Ochsenfurt. For two weeks prior to the incident, he was living with a foster family. They will now have to be questioned, Herrman said.

In an interview to public broadcaster ARD, Herrmann earlier said it was too early to speculate about the motives of the 17-year-old. He added that police are currently trying to figure out whether the teen was a member of an Islamist group or a self-radicalized lone wolf.

The minister confirmed earlier reports by German media that the teenager shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) as he charged at his victims with an ax.

On Monday night, the Afghan teenager, whose name has not yet been officially disclosed, attacked passengers in a train car in Wurzburg, going at them with an ax and a knife. After the passengers stopped the train, the attacker fled the scene, but was later shot by police.

The attack left five people injured and 14 more in shock. The minister said two of the victims were in a critical condition.

Four of the injured were members of a Chinese family from Hong Kong. This was confirmed by Hong Kong Governor Leung Chun-Ying. He condemned the attack and sent the victims and their families his condolences. He also said representatives of the Hong Kong Economic Representation in Berlin would visit the victims in hospital. Herrmann said that so far the investigation has found no indication the Chinese tourists were deliberately targeted.

The attack comes just over two weeks after Germany's spy chief Hans Georg Maassen announced that his domestic intelligence agency had obtained information on 17 IS militants who had entered Europe under the guise of refugees. "There is strong evidence that... 17 people have arrived under Islamic State instructions," Maassen said.

Ricardo Baretzky, president of the European Centre for Information Policy and Security, has slammed as precarious the way authorities seem to ignore migrants' involvement in situations like the one in Wurzburg.
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"This [attack] came exactly as expected, seeing that the risk [of terror attacks] has been increasing. It is a dangerous situation which is not been taken to grips and I will be very surprised if they [still] don't get it [after Wurzburg incident]," Baretzky told RT. "[One] can't wait until the fire engulfs the house, [one] has to act when there is smoke. And the problem is nothing has been done when there was smoke," he pointed out.

Even Chancellor Angela Merkel, who's been extensively criticized by a significant section of the German population for her open-door policy towards refugees, recently publicly acknowledged that some extremists could be taking advantage of the migrant influx to enter Germany and the European Union, saying that "in part, the refugee flow was even used to smuggle terrorists."

The attack in Wurzburg is the second IS-linked act of violence within the European Union in less than a week, after the tragedy in France, in which a Tunisian truck driver ran down 84 people during celebrations in Nice. IS claimed that attack as well, and although the personality of the driver has its controversies, authorities acknowledged the fact he was a radical Islamist, recently radicalized.

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Both attacks mirror the warning that recently came from FBI Director James Comey, who predicted that IS will spread worldwide as it prepares for the potential fall of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, growing ever more "desperate" to launch attacks elsewhere.
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