German authorities find evidence of Islamic extremist motive in knife attack

A 29-year-old police officer stabbed in the attack died on Sunday (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the city of Mannheim in which a police officer was killed.

Germany’s justice minister Marco Buschmann wrote on the social media platform X late on Monday that “there are now clear indications of an Islamist motive” for the attack and federal prosecutors, who are responsible for terrorism and national security cases, are taking over the investigation.