At least one person was killed and another two were injured during an attack in the German town of Reutlingen on Sunday, according to local media reports.
The man killed a woman near a kebab shop.
The man was identified as a 21-year-old Syrian refugee, reported German news agency DPA and Reuters.
“The perpetrator was completely out of his mind. He ran with his machete behind a patrol car,” an eyewitness told Bild. The person said that a BMW driver stepped on the gas and “ran him over.”
“There is no danger to anyone else at this time,” a police official told a Guardian reporter in Germany.
Witnesses said the man was arguing with a woman before he attacked her at around 4:30 p.m. local time.
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“Then he laid … on the ground and did not move,” the person added.
Photos posted on Bild showed a bearded man, handcuffed, on the ground with his face bloody and hands bloodied. A large blade was seen on the ground.
The man was known to police, according to Bild.
Reutlingen is about 20 miles south of Stuttgart.
