Man shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’, stabs stabs 4 rail passengers, 1 dead

Four victims have been left with life-threatening injuries, said police officials.

A man attacked passengers with a knife at a train station in the Munich area in southern Germany early on Tuesday, leaving four people with life-threatening injuries, Bavarian radio reported.

Police were checking witness statements that the man shouted -"Allahu Akbar-" (God is Great) during the attack, Bayerischer Rundfunk reported.

German media said police had arrested the perpetrator and that the victims were men. Police were not immediately reachable for comment when contacted by Reuters.

In a similar incident in London, a man stabbed three people at a London Underground train station, leaving a pool of blood in the ticket hall. The attacker was heard shouting ‘This is for Syria’ as he stabbed people at the station.