As Twitchy noted, immediately following the terror attack by a “surly misfit” whose “truck crash” in Nice, France, killed 84, ISIS members and sympathizers got busy in Photoshop and began to crank out posters celebrating the successful attack — as well as a few promising that Germany would be next.
Who knows if this is what they had in mind, but reports are emerging from Germany that around 20 train passengers were injured after a man wielding an axe and a knife attacked them on a train passing through Bavaria.
Multiple people have been injured after a man slashed them on a train in southern Germany before being shot to death by police. #fox5dc
— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) July 18, 2016
#BERLIN (AP) – #Police say multiple people have been injured after a man slashed them on a #train in south Germany b4 #police kill him
— Michelle Miller (@CBSMMiller) July 18, 2016
The exact number of injured varies a bit from report to report, but most outlets are reporting more than 20, with three or four injured critically (we’ll update this post as the numbers are confirmed).
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/755151130892627970
MORE: At least 15 injured after man with axe reportedly went on rampage on train in Germany https://t.co/zxt8MF67f1 https://t.co/wIMP8l6Nn5
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 18, 2016
VIDEO – Germany: at least 20 people injured after man attacks train passengers with an axe https://t.co/aC11t898I6 pic.twitter.com/EI3X0HtiyO
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 18, 2016
The attacker has been identified as a 17-year-old from Afghanistan.
https://twitter.com/noahbarkin/status/755158081265434624
BREAKING: Police kill attacker who slashed passengers on German train https://t.co/KEe4Zt3IUA
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) July 18, 2016
Update:
Nightline reports that only four were injured (although a peek at the linked URL shows that ABC originally reported 18). Fourteen passengers are being treated for shock after the incident, ABC News now reports.
Ax-wielding attacker shot after injuring four, three seriously, on German train, police say. https://t.co/quGZIesa92 pic.twitter.com/nV9W2SYnlG
— Nightline (@Nightline) July 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/ibtwtr/status/755164791258382336
Update:
Are you sitting down?
https://twitter.com/noahbarkin/status/755165448640028674
#BREAKING German train assault 'probably' Islamist attack: official
— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 18, 2016
Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.
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