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 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.

Germany’s opposition leader has vowed to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected as chancellor next month.

The mayor of Aschaffenburg has warned of a "spiral of violence and hatred" following the deadly stabbing in the southern German city. At a wreath-laying ceremony on Thursday, Jürgen Herzing said there were "parallels" to December's car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg,

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

Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, have been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria.

Police detain a 28-year-old Afghan after the attack in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg.

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler, police said.

A kindergarten teacher who was injured in Wednesday's knife attack in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg has been released from hospital. A police spokesman said on Friday that the German woman has now returned home after breaking her arm in the incident,

A rejected Afghan asylum-seeker killed two people and left several others injured in a stabbing in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

North Korea is likely preparing to send additional troops to Russia after suffering heavy losses in battles against Ukrainian forces, South Korea's military said Friday.