Germany: How the country has been rocked by seven terror attacks

 

  • One teenage girl stabbed a police woman in Hanover on Februrary 27
  • Three teenagers who met online tried to bomb a Sikh Temple in Essen in April
  • One man tried to kill commuters with an axe on board a train in Wurzburg 
  • Ali Sonboly, 18, gunned down nine people and wounded 35 in Munich in July  

Germany has been subjected to a year of terror with 22 innocent people killed in seven different attacks since January.

Some 112 people have been wounded in the attacks which have used explosives, firearms, knives an axe and now an articulated truck.

Several of the attacks have been claimed by ISIS and have involved asylum seekers from Syria and Afghanistan.

Communities across the country have been forced to confront the reality of random attacks.

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On February 27, a teenage girl stabbed a policewoman in Hanover, northern Germany. The attacker, known only as Safia S told detectives she wanted to strike at home because she could not get to Syria.

A month earlier, she had tried to sneak into ISIS-controlled territory after flying to Turkey but was brought back by her mother. Her brother Saleh is in jail in Turkey after being discovered also trying to cross into Syria to join ISIS.

Three German-born Muslim teenagers have gone on trial for the April 16 attack on a Sikh Temple in the western city of Essen.

The teenagers are accused of leaving a fire extinguisher containing a bomb outside the temple having met online and became radicalised seeking to kill ‘infidels’.

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On July 18, ISIS claimed Muhammad Riyad had attacked commuters on a train outside Wurzburg with an axe.

Five people were wounded during the attack while German police shot dead Riyad as he tried to flee the scene.

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On July 22, German-born Ali Sonboly, who is of Iranian origin launched a gun attack on a McDonalds Restaurant in Munich leaving nine dead and 35 injured.

Investigators discovered he had purchased his firearms on the dark web and spent more than a year planning his deadly attack.

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In Reutlingen on July 24, Polish mother-of-four Jolanta Kijak, 45, was murdered at a kebab stall by a Syrian refugee.

The victim and five bystanders were attacked by the killer with a large kebab knife.

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On the same day in Ansbach, southern Germany, another Syrian refugee tried to blow up people at music festival.

15 people were injured outside a wine bar after the terrorist was denied access to the open-air venue.

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On December 19, a hijacked truck was used to kill 12 people and injure 48 in a terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market.

The killer is still at large.

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Source: Mail Online