The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children in a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany's Feb.

BERLIN – The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children at a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany’s Feb 23 national election.

Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following a knife attack on Wednesday in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police and the state health minister said.

STORY: German police arrested a 28-year-old Afghan man after a knife attack that left two people dead in a park in the city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday.Police said the victims were a 41-year-old German man who was passing by and a two-year-old boy of Moroccan descent.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following a knife attack on Wednesday 22 January 2025 in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police and the state health minister said.

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police said.

Germany's main opposition leader vowed on Thursday to impose immediate border controls if he becomes chancellor, as expected, after elections next month, a day after an Afghan asylum seeker was arrested for a deadly knife attack targeting children.

BERLIN—German police detained an Afghan man suspected of stabbing two people to death, including a 2-year-old, putting immigration back at the center of the campaign for next month’s election. Armed with a kitchen knife,

A knife attacker killed a two-year-old child and a man on Wednesday in a public park in Germany, where police arrested an Afghan man as the main suspect.