A teenager wielding an ax and a knife wounded four riders on a train passing through the southern German state of Bavaria late Monday. The attacker — a 17-year-old Afghan, according to AFP — was shot and killed by police as he tried to flee the scene.
The incident occurred on a local train near the town of Wuerzburg. Early reports cited as many as 20 people with injuries, but the Wuerzburg police clarified later via Facebook that medics treated 14 people for shock, three victims for serious wounds and one person for light wounds.
Police said they did not know the motive for the attack, according to the Associated Press.