Riaz A. lived with a foster family in Ochsenfurt
In regional a 17 year old goes with an ax going on passengers. Four people were seriously injured, two of them fatal. According to witnesses, the Afghan should have "Allahu Akbar" launched.
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Four people were seriously injured, two are fighting for their lives - among them a tourist family from China. Another traveler was slightly injured. A person who suffered a head injury, was taken to a special hospital by helicopter. Nearly 20 passengers suffered from shock.
The young man fled towards the riverbank. A special task force, that happened to be nearby because of an action against drug dealers in the area, took up the pursuit, according to [ Bavarian Secretary of the Interior ] Herrmann at noon in a press conference in Munich. After the 17-year-old had first attacked another person and had then turned his weapons on the forces, they had opened fire. The young man was killed.
Herrmann justified the fatal shots at the attacker as inevitable: "It was important to stop the perpetrator and to prevent him from attacking other people." Previously Green politician Renate Künast had sharply criticized the action via Twitter. [ and was villified for this. I saw it happen and rejoiced ]
Police investigation for ties to Islamists
"Like in a slaughterhouse," the train had looked, an eyewitness who lives next door reported. First pictures of the inside of the carriage confirm this.
On the floor of the compartment blood can be seen, next to a crumpled rescue blanket and bandages. The witness reported how several passengers climbed out of the train after the bloodshed and asked him for a first aid kit. Inside there still would have been some injured, according the man who does not want to give his name.
In the morning, Herrmann did not rule out that this could be an Islamist motivated attack.
Already in the first emergency call from the train it has been reported that the perpetrator shouted "Allahu Akbar", God is great. However, this is still being reviewed at this moment.
About the young man, the German security authorities had no previous special knowledge. Based on testimonies, the police believe he operatec alone, Herrmann said.
Late in the morning, however, the Islamic State claimed the attack. The attacker was an IS-fighter, AMAK reported on the internet. AMAK is, the news agency close to IS. The attacker had responded to calls to attack the countries of the international coalition that are fighting against IS.
Herrmann again denied a connection to the IS. "I want to say explicitly that according to current state of the investigation no evidence can be found that point towards a network," he said at the press conference.
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17-year-old arrived without parents in Germany
According to Herrmann the suspected attacker, who is called Riaz A according to information received by Die Welt, came to Germany as an unaccompanied refugee over a year ago. He lived since March in the district of Würzburg, first at a facility in Ochsenfurt. The local Kolping home, Herrmann said, was "a particularly good accommodation".
Recently, the young man lived with a foster family. His lodging was currently being investigated, the foster family, carers and friends are being questioned. All, according to Herrmann, expressed surprise about the fact. Riaz A. was considered a quiet young man. He was a devout Muslim, but only went to the mosque on holidays. He had not been noticed as radical or fanatical.
Michael Horlemann, head of the Social Department of Würzburg, can so far only report of "very good experiences" with the accommodation of young refugees in foster families. This is also not surprising, because this concerns "very well-integrated young people with good perspectives". This was also in this case here, Horlemann said to Die Welt
The perpetrator from the local train had been living with the family since July 1. Only those who make an effort to integrate, regularly visit the school and are evaluated by the school as good, get the "privilege" of the placement in a foster family. This is not a legal obligation, but it was initiated in the district a year ago at the beginning of the large wave of refugees.
Riaz A. was doing an internship in bakery
In fact it seems that Riaz A. took part in the integration programme in an exemplary manner. According to the Bavarian Ministry of Social Affairs he was doing an internship with the prospect of an apprenticeship. The news agency DPA reported that he would have worked in a bakery.
The 17-year-old Afghan refugee had been intensively supported by the framework of Youth Services, Social Minister Emilia Müller (CSU) said. "We now have to analyze exactly how, despite these favorable conditions, he could still come to this act of violence," Mueller said. From this, actions should be derived in order to better combat the radicalization of young people.
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They gave him food, they gave him shelter, they gave him an education and the prospect of a job. They even gave him a family.
All because they assumed that he was a lonely refugee boy. Because German (and other Western) authorities are acting clueless about, for instance, Afghanistan and, for instance, Islam. Because, despite everything they gave him, when the time came, he acted upon the call of ISIS.
Sadly, those who suffered his attacks with the axe and the knives, were not those who made and persist in making these false assumptions.
