KNIFE ATTACK KILLS ONE IN MUNICH

A knife attack has left one person dead and three injured near Munich. The attacker suffers from mental issues and drug-related problems, authorities say. Preliminary information shows no link with jihadist groups.

Police arrested the 27-year old suspect who stabbed four people outside Munich, killing one, officials said on Tuesday.

The state interior minister of Bavaria, Joachim Herrmann, said that the suspect admitted to the stabbings. According to Herman, the attacker suffers from mental health and drug problems.

In a Tuesday press conference, deputy chief of Bavarian police Petra Sandles said that the German national most likely acted alone.

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Stabbing near Munich

The preliminary probe showed "no evidence of accomplices, or of the suspect being part of an Islamist network," she said.

This was confirmed by her colleague Lothar Köhler, who said that there was no evidence "in any form" that the attack was linked with jihadists.

However, Köhler said that this claim still needed to be verified. Also, the suspect confessed to screaming "Allahu Akbar" while attacking.

Attacking barefoot

In a statement to reporters, a press spokesperson from the Bavarian state police described how the attack on Tuesday unfolded.

According to Karl-Heinz Segerer, the 27-year-old German suspect stabbed the first victim in a waiting train at the Grafing S-Bahn train station at around 4:50 a.m. The suspect, who was barefoot, then exited the train and stabbed a second person on the train platform. The attacker left the station and stabbed two further men who were cycling by outside.

Police arrived soon after and arrested the man, who offered no resistance. Bloody prints from bare feet on the train platform could be seen in TV images of the scene as police carried out their investigation later.

One of the victims later died of the injuries. Another remains in serious condition.

Turned out from hotel

Segerer said the knife used was a 10-cm (3.9-inch) blade and added that the man was not registered as a resident of Bavaria. Grafing is a town in the suburbs east of Munich.

According to Lothar Köhler from the Bavarian police, the suspect had attempted to spend the night in a Munich hotel, but could not afford his stay. He is believed to have chosen Grafing randomly.

At the Tuesday conference, officials said it was difficult to obtain coherent information from the suspect. The authorities have yet to decide whether the attacker would be placed in police custody or sent to psychiatric treatment.