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Bavaria Police Have No Evidence Linking Stabbing Suspect to Islamist Cells

© AP Photo / Andreas GebertPolice officers investigate at the scene of a stabbing at a station in Grafing near Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Police officers investigate at the scene of a stabbing at a station in Grafing near Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - Sputnik International
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According to police officials, Bavarian police have found no evidence that the man who stabbed a passenger to death on Tuesday at a train station east of Munich had any Islamist links.

A Police officer investigates the scene of a stabbing at a station in Grafing near Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) Bavarian police have found no evidence that the man who stabbed a passenger to death on Tuesday at a train station east of Munich had any Islamist links, police officials told reporters in Munich.

"We have found no evidence that he was part of an Islamist cell," local police vice president Petra Sandles told journalists at an emergency press conference.

Criminal director Loothar Koehler said the 27-year-old, a German citizen from the central state of Hesse, had not been known by German intelligence agencies to have "any form of connection to Islamist or Salafist groups." Neither was he influenced by Islamist propaganda videos, Koehler added.

German media mentioned unconfirmed witness reports that the attacker had shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great" in Arabic) as he attacked commuters at an S-Bahn station in Grafing. Four people were injured, one of them died of his wounds.

Germany’s Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere described the knife attack as an "awful, cowardly" act. He said no definitive motive of the assault had been established.

Prosecutor's office spokesman Ken Heidenreich said the man faces criminal charges of murder and attempted murder. The criminal process is due to start on Wednesday.

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