ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack on a train in southern Germany which left five people wounded.
The assailant, armed with a knife and an ex, was shot dead by police after a chase and confrontation. He was later identified as a 17-year-old Afghan man living in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria. The teen came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor a year ago and was taken in by a foster family two weeks ago.
Authorities found a hand-drawn flag resembling the one used by ISIS was found in the room of the Afghan man. Besides the hand-drawn or painted flag, police found notes in Pashto written in Arabic and Latin characters in the assailants' room.
Amaq, the ISIS-linked news agency, released a video Tuesday purporting to show the attacker.
In the 2 minute, 20 second clip, the young man, speaking in Pashto, waves a knife at the camera and says: "I am a soldier of the caliphate".
German prosecutors said they are still working on the identity of the youth featured in the video.
Police are trying to investigate the background of the parents of the attacker who are still in Afghanistan.
The attack took place as the train was traveling between Treuchtlingen and Wurzburg. The train made an emergency stop short of the station at Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and the assailant jumped out of the train.
Germany absorbed more than one million refugees last year. Some have been concerned over the presence of terror groups in the country -- both the potential for attackers to slip in with migrants and the concern that they may be able to radicalize disaffected youths.
Source: CNN
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