Police officers shoot Iranian man after knife attack in Bavaria
A man attacked Bundespolice officers with a knife at a train station in Mittelfranken. The officers shot him. He died from his gunshot wounds, while the officers remained unharmed. The knife attacker was reportedly a 34-year-old Iranian.
In the Bavarian city of Lauf an der Pegnitz, police shot a man who had attacked Bundespolice officers with a knife. The 34-year-old reportedly first attacked a patrol car at the train station in Lauf, before charging at the police officers with a knife, according to the Mittelfranken Police. Despite immediate first aid efforts by police and the ambulance service, the man succumbed to his injuries in the evening.
The incident reportedly occurred around 4:45 p.m. in the city northeast of Nuremberg. The police officers were unharmed in the incident, and the attacker was an Iranian. The Criminal Police in Schwabach and the Prosecutor's Office in Nuremberg-Fürth have taken over the investigation in the case. The train station was still closed late on Sunday evening.
Several media outlets had previously reported on the knife attack. According to the "Bild" newspaper, the attacker was reportedly a born Iranian with asylum status. The report states that he insulted and provoked a police officer and a policewoman upon their arrival at the scene, before attempting to attack them. The officers reportedly first used pepper spray, then gave a warning shot, and finally shot the man.
Previously, the police had informed X that a police shooting had occurred due to a previous attack on Bundespolice officers. In another post on X, the Mittelfranken Police stated that a larger operation was ongoing. "We are on site with numerous forces. Please avoid the area. There is no danger to the population."
Given the context, here are two sentences that contain the specified words:
- The knife attack at a train station in Lauf an der Pegnitz, similar to the one in Mittelfranken, was also perpetrated by an Iranian man.
- The International Criminal Court could potentially investigate these knife attacks on Bundespolice officers in Germany, as they could be seen as acts against international peace and security.
