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3rd LD Writethru: Syrian refugee kills one in machete assault in southwestern Germany

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Syrian refugee was arrested on Sunday after killing one woman with a machete attack in the southwestern German city of Reutlingen, in an incident that police said did not appear to be linked to terrorism.

Three people were also injured in the assault, which happened at around 4:30 pm (1430 GMT) near the main bus station in the city center.

"At this stage of the enquiry we have nothing to indicate this was a terrorist attack," local police said in a statement.

The 21-year-old Syrian man "had a dispute" with a 45-year-old Polish woman who was his fellow worker in a Turkish fast-food restaurant. After killing her, he went on to attack other people before being hit by a car.

The attacker was known to local police for previous acts of violence.

German news agency DPA reported that police believed the machete attack was "a crime of passion."

The incident occurred six days after a teenage asylum seeker injured five people in an axe attack on a regional train near the southern German city of Wurzburg. Endi