The attacker has been detained and the public is no longer in danger, police said.
“The attacker was defeated after police fired firearms. There are several injured,” police said.
German media reported that the suspect attacked people in the center of Würzburg around 5 pm local and Latvian time.
Police managed to apprehend the attacker by shooting him in the leg.
Herman said it was unknown whether the five most seriously injured would survive, adding that several more people had suffered minor injuries.
Herman confirmed that the police had captured the attacker by shooting him in the leg. He is hospitalized and interrogated.
The suspect is a 24-year-old Somali who has lived in Würzburg since 2015. He has been violent in recent weeks and has been placed in the hospital’s psychiatric ward for a short time.
An eyewitness said that the attacker was very brutal in beating the victims and shouted “Allah akbar” (“Allah is great”). However, this information has not been confirmed.
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