A 28-year-old Afghan man is in police custody after attacking a group of kindergarteners in the German city of Aschaffenburg, killing two people, including a 2-year-old.

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

Friedrich Merz says he will close Germany's borders to irregular migrants, including those with a right to protection.

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,

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker spills over into an election

A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter immigration debate on Thursday, a month before

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week