Suspect held after two killed in knife attack in Germany

Two people were killed. Picture: Ralf Hettler/dpa via AP

Two people have been killed and two others were injured in a stabbing in Bavaria, German police said.

Authorities said a suspect was detained after the knife attack, which occurred in a park in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg.

Officers said they did not immediately know the motive for the attack, but stated that it was not terrorism.

Police said the incident was not a terror attack (Ralf Hettler/dpa via AP)

Train services in the town were temporarily interrupted as the suspect tried to flee from police along the tracks, German news agency dpa reported.

However, the suspect was quickly detained after the incident, police wrote on the social media platform X.