Suspect arrested after two killed in knife attack in German park

The alleged perpetrator of the fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg was actually supposed to go to prison for more than a month at the end of December 2024. The Schweinfurt public prosecutor's office announced this on Friday. The man had been sentenced to fines by two different courts. He did not pay the first, which is why he was supposed to begin a substitute prison sentence of 40 days on December 23. But this did not happen. In the case of two…

The suspect who fatally attacked a kindergarten group in Bavaria on Wednesday never began a substitute prison sentence.

The man allegedly stabbed a 41-year-old man and a 2-year-old child to death in the Bavarian city on Wednesday. A total of five people were stabbed with the knife.

Before the suspect announced his departure, he committed several crimes. He was actually supposed to be in prison in December because of an unpaid fine. A chronology.

German mayor warns against ‘hatred’ after deadly stabbing

Aschaffenburg Mayor Jürgen Herzing said he was “shaken up” after a deadly stabbing in his city and urged calm as the attack ramps up Germany’s debate on migration ahead of elections on February 23.  The attack on Wednesday in the southern German state of Bavaria left two people dead, including a 2-year-old boy, with others seriously injured.  Herzing sees ‘parallels’ with earlier attacks  Herzing said at a wreath laying service in the city that …

Two killed in German park in stabbing attack; Afghan suspect arrested

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested after a knife attack on Wednesday in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police and the state health minister said.