The condition of a German police officer who suffered life-threatening injuries when a knife-wielding attacker targeted a meeting of the right-wing anti-Islam group Pax Europa in the city of Mannheim remains serious, police said on Saturday.
Police shot the previously unknown attacker after he injured six people on Friday. Security sources told dpa that he had suffered life-threatening injuries. Anti-terror investigators have taken over the case.
Five participants at the Pax Europa rally were injured and a police officer also suffered serious injuries when the attacker stabbed him several times in the back of the head, authorities said. All the injured were taken to hospital and some had to undergo emergency surgery.
The perpetrator still did not respond after the operation, so it was not yet possible to question him, a police spokesperson said on Saturday morning.
Police have not yet identified the man.
According to media reports, he is a 25-year-old Afghan national living in Germany.
A video of the attack on the southwestern city’s main market square circulated online, showing a man stabbing several people during the Pax Europa event. It also shows how he stabs the police officer.
In the video you can hear people shouting: ‘take the knife away’.
The video also shows another officer shooting at the attacker. Several police officers then stopped him on the ground.
