A 27-year-old man who stabbed four people with a knife on a German high-speed train apparently attacked his victims "at random" and showed signs of mental illness, authorities said Sunday.
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Police said the suspect, a Syrian citizen, came to Germany in 2014 and was granted asylum in 2016. He had been living in Passau. Investigators said an initial evaluation suggested he suffered from mental illness. Police and investigators told reporters in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz that the attacker's intentions were still unclear, but there was no indication currently of a terror motive.
Using an 8-centimeter (3.1-inch) folding knife, the suspect first went after a 26-year-old man in the same train car, wounding him in the head. The suspect then attacked a 60-year-old man, who was wounded on his head and torso, and another 60-year-old man, who also was wounded. At that point, the suspect fled to another train car and stabbed a 39-year-old man on his upper body.
All four victims were from the Regensburg and nearby Passau area and were taken to nearby hospitals.
