BERLIN: German police shot dead a 17-year-old Afghan refugee on Monday after he attacked train passengers with an axe and a knife, seriously wounding four in what one official said was a “probable” Islamist attack.

Several other people were also injured in the assault on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, police said, adding that the teenager was killed as he tried to flee.

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