A 17-year-old Afghan refugee believed to be behind the attack was shot dead by police as he reportedly charged at them following the incident at Würzburg-Heidingsfeld station
18 people were injured after a man armed with an axe went on a bloody rampage after storming a train in Germany.
Armed police swarmed the area soon after receiving reports that a man hacked at passengers on board a train close to Wurzburg in southern Germany.
Police have confirmed that 18 people have been injured in the horrifying attack - three of them ate fighting for life.
A 17-year-old Afghan refugee believed to be behind the attack was shot dead by police as he reportedly charged at them following the incident near Würzburg-Heidingsfeld station.
The boy is reported to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" before the attack and investigators believed he had a become 'self-radicalised' Muslim.
This is how the events unfolded.
An expert on violence and young people says the teenager’s radicalisation may have had nothing to do with the fact that he was a refugee.
In an interview with Die Zeit, Thomas Mucke said: “He seems to have radicalised, but the exact background is unclear.
“(Child refugees) have lived through war and violence, yes. Some are traumatised. But that does not make them dangerous.
“These minors yearn for stability and security. They are uprooted, have no family. Our task is to offer them a new home. We need to provide intensive psychological and do everything possible to integrate them. These children are vulnerable.”
One group of psychologists wrote last year in The Psychiatric Times that one of the reasons ‘Lone Wolf’ attacks like Nice and Orlando are on the rise is that ISIS has managed to successfully ‘market’ violent extremism in the West by providing “existential fast food” to “everyday young people in social transition, on the margins of society, or amidst a crisis of identity.”
They wrote: “For lonely young people in transition, ISIS provides a quick fix to the perennial problems of human life. … Specifically, the relief in question concerns the human desire for identity, certainty, social connection, meaning, the optimal amount of freedom, and glory.
“Even superficial Internet exposure (much less direct marketing) can convince the young that they too may participate in a world-historical narrative in which the enemy of America is a beacon of hope for solidifying their emerging self.”
President Barack Obama laid out the problemon CNN: “When you’ve got one person who is deranged or driven by a hateful ideology, they can do a lot of damage, and it’s a lot harder to trace those lone wolf operators.”
Two victims remain in a critical condition
Local police have provided an update on those injured in the axe attack.
Two victims are still fighting for their lives but one of those critically injured has seen their condition improve.
Two others who were seriously injured in the attack remain in hospital.
A police official said: “We have several badly wounded from the attack - five altogether - of which two victims are in a life-threatening condition.”
'We will slaughter you in your own back yard'
The video shows the male - who ISIS claims was behind the Wurzburg attack - vowing that ‘kufar’ will be targeting in every ‘village, city and airport’.
He says: “I am a soldier of the caliphate and I am going to carry out an suicide attack in Germany.
“O Kufar, the time has passed when you would come to our homeland and kill our men, our women and our children. And your apostate rulers were silent about these massacres.
“That time is over now. Now the Islamic Caliphate has been established in Iraq, Al-Sham, Khorosan, Libya and Yemen and God Willing, soldiers of the caliphate will get you.
“They will slaughter you in your own back yard and they will live in your houses and break your rules and take your land. We will target you in every village, every city and every airport God Willing.”
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