Islamist extremist motive considered by investigators probing Germany attack

The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali man, was shot in the leg by police and arrested after people surrounded him and tried to hold him at bay with chairs and sticks.

Flowers and candles in front of a closed and cordoned off department store in the city centre of Wuerzburg, Germany (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AP)

German investigators said that an Islamic extremist motivation for last week’s fatal knife attack in Wuerzburg appears likely, but they have not so far found any propaganda or other extremist material.

They also plan more checks on the suspect’s mental health.