A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police say.
The suspect was detained at the scene in Schoental park, an English-style garden in the Bavarian city, where the attack occurred on Wednesday morning.
A 41-year old man and a two-year old boy were fatally injured, police said in a post on social media platform X.
Two seriously injured people were receiving hospital treatment.
Police said there was no indication of further suspects and no danger to the public.
❗ UPDATE ASCHAFFENBURG❗— Polizei Unterfranken (@PolizeiUFR) Bei den beiden Verstorbenen handelt es sich um einen 41-jährigen Mann und einen zwei Jahre alten Jungen.Bei dem Festgenommenen handelt es sich um einen 28-jährigen afghanischen Staatsangehörigen.#AB2201January 22, 2025
The stabbing adds to a string of violent attacks in Germany that have raised concerns over security and stirred up tensions over migration ahead of parliamentary elections on February 23.
A Saudi doctor was arrested after a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg on December 20, in which six people were killed and about 200 injured.
