German train attacker vowed 'revenge on the infidels'

A 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker received word that a friend had died in his home country days before he went on a rampage with an axe and a knife on a German train, wounding five, investigators said.

German train attacker vowed 'revenge on the infidels'

A 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker received word that a friend had died in his home country days before he went on a rampage with an axe and a knife on a German train, wounding five, investigators said.

He vowed in a note that he would "take revenge on these infidels".

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