Syrian Migrant Suspect: Mass Stabbing May Have Been Terrorism, Say German Prosecutors—
German Federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into a mass stabbing this week allegedly by a Syrian migrant as they believe there may be an Islamist motive to the attack.
A Syrian migrant, identified 35-year-old as Mahmoud Mhemed, was arrested on Monday by police on attempted murder charges in relation to a mass stabbing in Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia. Five people were injured, and four of them seriously: the German Justice minister revealed they “barely escaped with their lives”.
The bar where the attack took place said in a social media post that one of those “critically injured” men had been a member of the public who had bravely fought the knifeman to end the attack. They said: “Had it not been for him, things would probably have been even worse”.
