https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A German court on Friday committed to a psychiatric ward a 37-year-old Kosovo man diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic who wounded nine people in an axe rampage. https://www.thelocal.de/20170922/axe-man-in-dsseldorf-attack-committed-to-psychiatric-ward Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:59:21 +0200 axe-man-in-dsseldorf-attack-committed-to-psychiatric-ward An axe-wielding attacker suffering from mental health problems injured nine people at the main train station in the German city of Düsseldorf late on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170310/dusseldorf-axe-attack-suspect-identified-as-man-with-mental-problems Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:20:30 +0100 dusseldorf-axe-attack-suspect-identified-as-man-with-mental-problems Trains are a soft spot in the German security system which terrorists are likely to target unless necessary steps are taken, federal investigators warn. https://www.thelocal.de/20160722/german-trains-need-better-protection-from-attacks-police Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:11:30 +0200 german-trains-need-better-protection-from-attacks-police A specialist in psychiatric care for migrants has said that there is no known link between trauma and radicalization, after an adolescent refugee attacked train passengers with an axe. https://www.thelocal.de/20160722/no-provable-link-between-trauma-and-radicalization Fri, 22 Jul 2016 11:54:34 +0200 no-provable-link-between-trauma-and-radicalization Local authorities are calling for classes on Islam to be brought in at schools across the country after a radicalized Muslim youth attacked passengers on a train with an axe on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/calls-for-compulsory-islam-classes-at-school-after-axe-attack Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:18:12 +0200 calls-for-compulsory-islam-classes-at-school-after-axe-attack German authorities don't believe the young assailant killed on orders from Isis. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/bavaria-axe-attacker-was-not-an-isis-fighter-govt Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:51:42 +0200 bavaria-axe-attacker-was-not-an-isis-fighter-govt Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday evening in response to the Würzburg axe attack that refugees are no more likely than anyone else to commit terrorist atrocities. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/refugees-dont-pose-higher-terror-risk-merkel-chief-of-staff Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:01:15 +0200 refugees-dont-pose-higher-terror-risk-merkel-chief-of-staff German authorities have cast doubt on whether a teenager who went on an axe rampage on a Bavarian train was really an Afghan refugee, saying Wednesday he might have been from Pakistan. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/doubt-cast-on-axe-train-attackers-nationality Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:55:20 +0200 doubt-cast-on-axe-train-attackers-nationality Relatives of a Hong Kong family injured in a brutal axe attack by an Afghan refugee on a German train have revealed details of the assault. https://www.thelocal.de/20160720/hong-kong-family-reveals-terror-of-bavaria-train-attack Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:43:35 +0200 hong-kong-family-reveals-terror-of-bavaria-train-attack Since a 17-year-old Afghan attacked passengers on a train near Würzburg on Monday evening events have developed rapidly. We condense the story into its most important points. https://www.thelocal.de/20160719/ten-most-important-points-about-bavaria-axe-attack Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:24:19 +0200 ten-most-important-points-about-bavaria-axe-attack