Motive sought following fatal knife attack in Germany

Flowers and candles are laid at the scene of the stabbings in central Wuerzburg (AP)

Investigators are looking for a motive behind an attack in the German city of Wuerzburg in which a man armed with a knife killed three people and wounded at least five others.

The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali, was shot in the leg by police and arrested after the Friday afternoon attack in the southern city’s central area.