In Germany, 2 people are killed in a knife attack; Scholz emphasizes the need for consequences.

On Wednesday, a stabbing attack in Bavaria resulted in the deaths of two people, including a 2-year-old boy, and the injury of three others. The suspect, a former asylum-seeker who was scheduled to depart Germany, was apprehended.

The chancellor stated that the authorities must determine why the suspect remained in the country, as the attack occurred a month before a national election where curbing irregular migration is a significant concern.

In the afternoon, a park in Aschaffenburg, a city of 72,000 people, was the site of an attack by a man with a kitchen knife. The attack targeted a group of kindergarten children, and Bavaria's top security official, Joachim Herrmann, stated that the assailant attacked the boy.

Officials from Bavaria stated that a 2-year-old of Moroccan descent and a 41-year-old German man were killed, while a 2-year-old Syrian girl and two adults were injured and taken to a hospital for treatment.

Herrmann stated that the suspect was arrested 12 minutes after the attack, as other passers-by chased him.

The suspect, a 28-year-old Afghan national, was repeatedly sent for psychiatric treatment and released after coming to authorities' attention due to violent acts.

According to Herrmann, the suspect arrived in Germany in November 2022 and applied for asylum in early 2023. On December 4th, he informed authorities that he would voluntarily leave the country and obtain papers from the Afghan consulate. A week later, German authorities officially ended asylum proceedings and instructed him to depart.

Herrmann stated that the police will investigate the motive of the suspect, who is believed to have a psychiatric illness. No evidence of radical Islamic views was found during a search of his room at a refugee home, and only medication related to his psychiatric treatment was discovered.

The attack is politically sensitive a month before Germany's national election.

Scholz strongly condemned what he referred to as an "incomprehensible act of terror."

"I am fed up with the recurring acts of violence that take place here every few weeks, carried out by perpetrators who sought refuge here for protection," he stated. "It is unacceptable to tolerate such behavior. The authorities must take immediate action to determine why the attacker was still in Germany despite our efforts to provide them with protection."

Scholz emphasized that immediate action is necessary, as simply talking about the issue is not enough.

In response to a knife attack in Mannheim in May that resulted in the death of a police officer and injuries to four others, Scholz pledged to resume deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria. Following a knife attack in Solingen in August, where a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people, Scholz reaffirmed his commitment to increasing the deportation of rejected asylum-seekers.

In August 2021, Germany sent Afghan citizens back to their homeland for the first time since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan.