An Afghan who stabbed a two-year-old and a father to death while attacking a group of toddlers played motivational fighting music on his phone before he launched the rampage.
The man, named as Enamullah O, carried out the deadly knife attack in a park in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg, killing the boy and a 41-year-old father who tried to protect the children.
Three others were wounded when the Afghan set upon the daycare group with a 30cm kitchen knife.
The 28-year-old, who is on trial for murder and attempted murder, played 'motivating battle music' before the attack in Schöntal Park, prosecutor Juergen Buntschuh told a court in Aschaffenburg.
The video titled 'Motivating Battle Music' on YouTube was played shortly before he attacked the group which comprised of five toddlers from a kindergarten class and two teachers.
Yannis, a two-year-old boy, was fatally stabbed five times, and the man slain by the attacker was stabbed four times.
A two-year-old Syrian girl and a 72-year-old man who had also tried to protect the children were reportedly stabbed, while a teacher broke her arm.
The group were about to turn around because a teacher believed he was acting suspiciously by blaring music loudly.
An Afghan man who stabbed a two-year-old and a father to death while attacking a group of toddlers played motivational fighting music on his phone as he launched the rampage
Yannis, the two-year-old boy, was fatally stabbed five times after being attacked by the Afghan
Prosecutors said he tore hats and scarves from the children's heads before pulling one from their stroller and stabbing him to death.
The suspect, known to police for previous assaults, property damage and resisting officers, was arrested near the scene. A bloodied knife was found nearby.
Facing the court in handcuffs and foot shackles, the Afghan mostly stared at the table and yawned frequently.
Prosecutors are seeking to have him permanently confined to a psychiatric facility.
Not long after the attack, German media reported that the authorities had tried and failed in 2023 to deport the man to Bulgaria - the first EU country he had arrived in.
Enamullah O, 28, was arrested near the scene after attacking a group of children in a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
In August 2024, he allegedly threatened a fellow resident at an accommodation for asylum seekers in the nearby town of Alzenau with a butcher's knife and caused her minor injuries.
The Aschaffenburg stabbings, which followed a string of other bloody attacks in Germany, provoked intense political reactions.
Friedrich Merz, the leader of the centre-right Christian Democrats who went on to become chancellor, promised a 'fundamental' overhaul of asylum rules and strict border controls if elected.
About a week later, Merz, then the opposition leader, relied on support from Alternative for Germany (AfD) to pass a non-binding resolution through parliament demanding stricter immigration and refugee policies.
Merz's decision to rely on AfD support broke a longstanding taboo in German politics.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15198469/Afghan-played-motivational-fighting-music-phone-attacking-group-toddlers-knife-killing-one-father-tried-stop-him.html
The Afghan man, deemed psychologically ill, faced a German court over the deadly knife attack on a group of toddlers that his defence lawyer labelled the 'deed of a madman'.
The suspect in the killing, named by German authorities as Enamullah O., arrived in court for the start of his trial
Five toddlers from a kindergarten class were in a public park, accompanied by two teachers, when the assailant attacked them with a kitchen knife.
He also injured a two-year-old Syrian girl, one of the teachers as well as a 72-year-old man who had also tried to protect the children.
The two-year-old boy was stabbed five times, and the man slain by the attacker was stabbed four times.
The murders rocked Germany and sparked heated debates about immigration
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