Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.

After the violent attack in Bavaria, the police are working to shed light on the incident. Shortly before midday, he attacked a group of kindergarten children with a knife in Schöntal Park in the middle of Aschaffenburg,

German police say two people, including a two-year-old boy, were killed and two others were severely injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria.