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

Following a fatal knife attack in the southern city of Aschaffenburg, the German Police Union (GdP) says a "threshold has been crossed," with urgent reinforcements to security authorities needed. "We need quick solutions now,

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police said.