A 29-year-old Afghan man in Germany has attacked and seriously injured a 58-year-old landscape gardener working in a park in Berlin, allegedly because he did not like working
BERLIN – A 29-year-old Afghan man in Germany attacked and seriously injured a 58-year-old landscape gardener working in a park in Berlin, allegedly because he did not like the fact that as a woman he worked, police said Sunday.
The attack on the city’s Wilmersdorf district took place on Saturday afternoon and a 66-year-old passerby, who tried to rescue the woman, was also seriously injured.
Police said the attacker, whose identity was not given in accordance with German privacy laws, allegedly approached the woman and spoke to her. Then, suddenly, he pulled out a knife and stabbed her in the neck several times. He also attacked the man who tried to help the woman. The identities of the victims were also not released.
The Berlin Attorney General’s Office said on Sunday that the assailant was arrested on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Police said in a statement that the suspect could be suffering from a mental illness. However, prosecutors and criminal police are also investigating him on suspicion that his attack may have been motivated by Islamist ideology.