Boy, 2, & man, 41, stabbed to death & second child seriously injured as knifeman attacks nursery group in Germany
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A BOY, aged two, and a man, 41, have been stabbed to death in a horror attack in Germany after a knifeman ambushed a nursery group. Two more people were reportedly left seriously injured after the rampage in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg. Cops rushed to the scene at a local park on Wednesday morning - where a cordon remains.
![[Emergency vehicles at a crime scene in Aschaffenburg, Germany.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ralf-hettler-dpa-via-ap-965777426.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Officers said a motive for the horrific stabbing is unclear. The suspect had allegedly been following a day care group of five young children before launching the attack. A man, described by police as a 28-year-old Afghan national, has since been arrested.
![[Police vans at a crime scene.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-41-year-old-man-965790212.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He was named by German outlet as Enamullah O and reportedly lives in asylum accommodation. The suspect was detained in Schoental park where the ambush occurred at around 11.45am local time. An eyewitness told Main-Echo, a daily newspaper in Aschaffenburg, that the man was taken away "in a headlock".
![[Police officers in a park after a knife attack.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/german-police-secures-park-earlier-965783208.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
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