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Doubt cast on German train attacker?s nationality
BERLIN: German authorities cast Doubt on Wednesday on whether a teenager who went on an axe rampage on a Bavarian train was really an Afghan refugee.
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the teenager was believed to be a "lone wolf" attacker who appeared to have been "inspired" by the Islamic State group but was **t a member of the Jihadist network. "This is perhaps a case that lies somewhere between a crazed rampage and terrorism," de Maiziere told reporters. He said investigators were still trying to determine the true identity of the 17-year-old who was shot dead by police following the train attack in which he injured five people, two of them critically. The Islamic State group released a video on Tuesday purportedly featuring the assailant an**uncing in Pashto he would carry out an "operation" in Germany, and presenting himself as a "soldier of the caliphate". German authorities said they had authenticated the video. However, security service sources **w think he might have pretended to be Afghan on arrival in Germany in 2015 in order to have a better chance of securing asylum, ZDF public television reported. De Maiziere **ted however that Afghanistan had Pashtun communities and said German authorities had received an application for family reunification from the teenager for relatives in Afghanistan. He added that investigators were also looking closely at accounts from the assailant’s foster family that he received a phone call on Saturday informing him of the death of a friend in Afghanistan and whether his apparent distress over the news was a possible trigger for the attack. Authorities on Tuesday found a hand-painted IS flag and what they called a suicide letter addressed to his father among the attacker’s belongings. Locals described the assailant as "calm and even-keeled" and a "devout Muslim who did **t appear to be radical or a fanatic", according to Joachim Herrmann, interior minister of Bavaria state. Police however said he wrote in the letter that the world’s Muslims "must defend themselves". "**w pray for me that I can take revenge on **n-believers, pray for me that I can get to heaven," the **te said. Prosecutors said he shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest) three times as he rampaged through the carriage. Germany has thus far escaped the kind of large-scale jihadist attack seen in the southern French city of Nice last week, in which 31-year-old Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel used a truck to mow down 84 people. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Doubt cast on German train attacker?s nationality || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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