Agency Report –
Würzburg, Germany – A kindergarten teacher who was injured in Wednesday’s knife attack in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg has been released from hospital.
A police spokesman said on Friday that the German woman has now returned home after breaking her arm in the incident, which saw two people, including a 2-year-old boy from Morocco, killed in a city park.
The suspect in the attack is a 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker with a history of mental health illnesses. He was temporarily committed to a psychiatric hospital on Thursday.
A 2-year-old Syrian girl who was seriously injured in the incident and a 72-year-old man are still in hospital.
“The child will not be released until Monday,” the police spokesman said.
The attack in Aschaffenburg has reignited the political debate on reforming Germany’s migration laws, with conservative leader Friedrich Merz promising to step up deportations if he becomes chancellor after elections next month.
The suspect is accused of two murders, two attempted murders and one case of dangerous bodily harm.
According to the police and public prosecutors, he has not yet commented on the accusations.
