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Germany: Suspected Islamist from Iraq shot dead in Berlin after attacking policewoman

Publisher Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Publication Date 17 September 2015
Cite as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Germany: Suspected Islamist from Iraq shot dead in Berlin after attacking policewoman, 17 September 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/561d047c21.html [accessed 5 June 2023]
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September 17, 2015

Reports from Germany say police shot dead an Iraqi man after he used a knife to attack a policewoman in Berlin.

Authorities say the policewoman was wounded by the attack on September 17.

Prosecutors described the attacker as a 41-year-old Iraqi who was a "suspected Islamist."

The man had previously been sentenced to a jail term for planning an attack.

Based on reporting by Reuters and AFP

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