German town holds church service for knife attack victims

Record ID: 104148

  • Title: German town holds church service for knife attack victims
  • Date: 11th May 2016
  • Summary: GRAFING, GERMANY (MAY 11, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF GRAFING CHURCH BANNER ANNOUNCING CHURCH SERVICE FOR KNIFE ATTACK VICTIMS VARIOUS OF GRAFING RESIDENTS GATHERED AT CHURCH ENTRANCE (SOUNDBITE) (German) GRAFING RESIDENT, ALEKSANDER KLINKE, SAYING: "We were shocked. Above all I feel sorry for the relatives, who have to face this all of a sudden." (SOUNDBITE) (German) GRAFING RESIDENT, JOHANNA WINDISCH, SAYING: "I feel very bad. I have a son that is a daily commuter as well and now I am afraid something could happen to him as well." (SOUNDBITE) (German) GRAFING RESIDENT, INGE WITTNER, SAYING: "If he really is guilty and sick, then he cannot be punished. Then he is sick and has to be treated by psychiatrists." (SOUNDBITE) (German) GRAFING MAYOR, ANGELIKA OBERMAYR, SAYING: "The people in Grafing are quite shocked because they are normally not faced with these sort of crimes. The traffic is usually good. And this sort of crimes is absolutely shocking for people here. No one had thought something like that could happen in this peaceful part of Munich."
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2016 18:28
  • Keywords: Munich attack stabbing Bavaria Grafing train station church service
  • Location: GRAFING, GERMANY
  • City: GRAFING, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014HD5B2F
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Residents of the Bavarian town of Grafing attended a church service on Wednesday (May 11) to remember the victims of a knife attack that took place on Tuesday killing one person and leaving three injured.
    A man attacked passengers with a knife at a train station in the Munich area in southern Germany early on Tuesday (May 10), and despite early reports, the attack did not appear to be politically motivated.
    According to police, the suspect used a knife with a 10 cm (4 inch) blade in the apparently indiscriminate attack, which took place around 5 a.m. (0300 GMT) in Grafing, a commuter town about 32 km (20 miles) southeast of the Bavarian capital in southern Germany.
    "I am shocked. Above all I feel sorry for the relatives, who have to face this all of a sudden," said one resident Aleksander Klinke.
    "I feel very bad. I have a son that is a daily commuter as well and now I am afraid something could happen to him as well," said another, Johanna Windisch, in tears.
    One victim, a 56-year-old, died of stab wounds in hospital shortly after the attack. Police said three other men aged between 43 and 58 were injured, with one of them severely.
    Police said the man had shown up in a different part of Germany a few days ago, suspected of using drugs and exhibiting behaviour suggesting he might be mentally disturbed.
    Candles, messages and flowers were placed at the Grafing station in memory of the victims.
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