A four-year-old girl was rushed to hospital after what is being reported as a random knife attack in Germany.
The attack took place at approximately 3pm in a supermarket on Wednesday in Wangen im Allgäu where the suspect is a Syrian man with Dutch nationality.
Local authorities are reported as saying “The girl underwent immediate surgery and is now in a stable condition,”.
“There was no prior relationship between the suspect and the child, who was traveling with her mother, according to the investigators’ initial findings.” they said.
The NL Times reported that a witness managed to disarm the 34-year-old and chased him while calling the police.
He was taken into custody in relation to the incident. Investigations into the motive for the attack are ongoing.