On Sunday a 29-year-old police officer died after being repeatedly stabbed during an attack at an anti-Islam rally in Germany.
A knife-wielding man attacked and wounded many people Friday on the market square in the city of Mannheim in southwest Germany.
Five people taking part in a rally organised by Pax Europa, a campaign group against radical Islam, were wounded in the attack. The policeman was stabbed several times in the area of the head while trying to intervene.
Immediately following the attack, he underwent emergency surgery and was put in an artificial coma, but died of his injuries on Sunday, police said.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was deeply saddened by the death of the police officer following the terrible attack.
His commitment to the safety of all of us deserves the highest recognition, Scholz said on X, formerly Twitter.
If an Islamist motive behind the attack were to be confirmed, that shows how strongly we must continue to fight Islamist terror, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said in a statement.
Our security authorities have the Islamist scene firmly in their sights, Faeser added.
We must defend ourselves against Islamist terrorism with determination, and we will also strengthen the security authorities financially, Finance Minister Christian Lindner told German daily Bild.
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