Authorities Puzzle Over Motive for German Knife Attack

Authorities Puzzle Over Motive for German Knife Attack
Flowers and candles in front of a closed and cordoned off department store in the city centre of Wuerzburg, Germany, on June 26, 2021. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP
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BERLIN—The German city of Wuerzburg on Sunday held a memorial service for the victims of a brutal knife attack that left three women dead, while questions about the possible motive of the assailant remained unanswered.

Friday’s assault in and outside a store in the center of the Bavarian city left another five people seriously injured. The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali man, was shot in the leg by police and arrested after people surrounded him and tried to hold him at bay with chairs and sticks.