A man has been arrested after the knife attack in the southern German state of Bavaria. The motives for the stabbing are still unclear, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it "an act of terror."

Berlin blames Bavaria. Bavaria blames Berlin. With migrants suspected in several deadly attacks, German politicians are jostling for position with calls to reform migration ahead of February's federal election.

A two-year-old boy and a man aged 41 have been killed in a stabbing in a German park. Police confirmed that a 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following the attack in Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg. Two others were taken to hospital with serious injuries and the public park was cordoned off by officers.

A knife attack that killed two people in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg has left a local community in grief, with the city's mayor warning of a "spiral of violence and hatred." An Afghan suspect is in custody.

BERLIN – The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children at a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany’s Feb 23 national election.

BERLIN (AP) — Two people, including a child, were killed and two others were severely injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria on Wednesday, German police said. Police said a suspect was detained in the knife attack, which occurred in a park in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg.

Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.

A clear majority of Germans support the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's refusal to cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a survey showed on Friday. The Politbarometer study,

Germany’s chancellor has vowed to end a culture of “misplaced tolerance” after a failed Afghan asylum seeker was arrested over the fatal stabbing on a toddler and a man during a nursery trip.

A stabbing attack in Germany has left two people dead, including a 2-year-old boy, and three others injured; the suspect was arrested shortly after the attack.

The fatal stabbing in a Bavarian park left two others seriously injured. The suspect, an Afghan national, was arrested near the scene. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded to know why the suspect had been able to stay in the country.