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Jennifer Newton — Daily Mail July 24, 2016

Police pin the attacker to the ground having bound his wrists. Click to enlarge

Police pin the attacker to the ground having bound his wrists. Click to enlarge

A Syrian refugee wielding a machete has killed a pregnant woman and injured a man and another woman in Germany before being arrested by police.

The attack happened in the south western city of Reutlingen near a doner kebab stand in a bus station at Listplatz Square.

German media have been reporting that the motive for the attack in the city south of Stuttgart was unclear

Pictures from the scene appear to show the knifeman lying on the ground with blood on his face.

Armed police officers can be seen pinning him down to the ground before binding his hands behind his back

It is believed a man passing the incident in a BMW car ran over the man, knocking him to the ground, before he was detained by police.

One eyewitness told German newspaper Bild: ‘The perpetrator was completely out of his mind. He ran with his machete even behind a patrol car.’

Police spokesman Bjoern Reusch said in a statement Sunday that witnesses said the 21-year-old man, who was known to police, was having an argument with the woman before attacking her about 4:30 pm.

They also added that the incident ‘did not bear the hallmarks of a terrorist attack’.

They added it looked as though the perpetrator was acting alone and that he had no accomplices.

The asylum-seeking Syrian man had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to other people, police said.

The spokesman had no immediate information on when the man arrived in Germany, or when the previous incidents took place.

The attack comes as Germany is on edge, following a rampage at a Munich mall on Friday night in which nine people were killed, and an axe attack on a train a week ago that left five wounded.

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