Germany knife attacker kills one, wounds three other in a station
One man has been killed and three others wounded by a knife-wielding man near Munich, BBC reports, adding that the police investigating a possible Islamist connection.
The man attacked four commuters shortly before 05:00 (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday at Grafing station. One of the victims died of his wounds in hospital.
The source quotes some witnesses saying the attacker shouting "Allahu akbar" ("God is great" in Arabic) but the motive for the attack is unclear.
Bavaria police spokesperson said that a "political motive" had certainly not been ruled out. Police spokesman Karl-Heinz Segerer told German television that the man "expressed political motivations" during the attack.
He identified the suspect as a 27-year-old German national who does not live in Bavaria.
Footage from the scene showed bloody footprints on a train and the station platform in Grafing, a Bavarian town 40km east of Munich.
The police spokesman said one of the victims had been stabbed on the train and others at the station or outside the building.