A 15-year-old German girl of Moroccan descent stabbed a police officer Friday in Hannover, Germany, in what now appear to be a jihadist attack.
The incident took place at train station after two police officers asked the girl for her identification documents, newspaper Bild Zeitung reports. When one of the officers stepped to the side, the girl attacked with a kitchen knife.
“She struck with lightning speed,” a police spokesman said Thursday, according to Bild. “Now we know: an Islamist attack on us policemen.”
The knife went deep into the neck of the officer, who had to receive emergency care to save his life. The second officer easily neutralized the girl when she tried to flee the scene.
“It’s a miracle he survived,” the police spokesman said.
Police believe the girl wanted to travel to Syria and fight for the Islamic State. She previously fled to the Turkish-Syrian border — where police believe she was radicalized — before her mother brought her back to Germany.
“The perpetrator acted cold. Her only concern was that her scarf slip,” police said. “Whether the officer survived, she didn’t care.”
She has previously been arrested for theft and assault, according to Cologne-based newspaper Express.
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