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German police suspect 'religious' motive in teacher stabbing

Policemen are sworn in during the German Chancellor's first official visit as Chancellor to the western federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on September 1, 2025 in Muenster, western Germany. [AFP]

A Kosovar youth suspected of seriously wounding a teacher in a knife attack at a German vocational college last week may have had a "religious" motive, a local minister said Thursday.

Bild daily reported that the 17-year-old suspect had earlier also stabbed a homeless man in the western city of Essen, and had left a jihadist message on a cellphone video.

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