WORLD NEWS | Man attacked in German gym in connection with earlier killing

BERLIN, April 27 (AP) — A man arrested in connection with a stabbing attack at a gym in western Germany last week that left four injured last week is now also dead earlier this month, prosecutors said Thursday. Suspect in a fatal stabbing incident.

The 26-year-old Syrian, who authorities identified only as a medical doctor under German privacy rules, was arrested at his apartment in Duisburg on Sunday in connection with the April 18 gym stabbing in the city related. He was detained on suspicion of attempted murder and other offences.

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Investigators initially said one of the victims in the incident appeared to be the target. However, earlier this week, they said a review of the suspect’s mobile phone indicated “possible Islamic motives”.

Herbert Ruhl, North Rhine-Westphalia’s top security official, told a state parliament committee on Thursday that the suspect had not spoken about a possible motive while in custody.

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Prosecutors in the nearby city of Düsseldorf said on Thursday that the man was also now a suspect in the stabbing of a 35-year-old man in Duisburg in the early hours of April 9. The victim, who suffered multiple stab wounds, died hours after the attack.

DNA at the scene and the suspect’s shoes linked him to the attack, prosecutors said in a statement.

They did not make any new comments on the motive. (Associated Press)

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