Syrian refugee kills woman with machete in Germany

A woman was killed and two people injured by a Syrian refugee armed with a machete on Sunday in the southwest German city of Reutlingen.

MENA

1 min read

The New Arab

24 July, 2016

The attacks come as Germany is on edge following two attacks [Getty]

A woman was killed and two people injured by a Syrian refugee armed with a machete on Sunday in the southwest German city of Reutlingen, local police have said.

The man, who has been detained, "had a dispute" with the woman and killed her "with a machete" before injuring a second woman and a man, according to a police statement that offered no explanation on the cause of the attack.

Bild and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspapers both reported Sunday that the reason for the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear.

The attacks comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich mall on Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an attack on a train a week ago that left five wounded.