BERLIN: A man who attacked a German police station with a machete last year was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for attempted murder and criminal damage.
The man, then aged 29, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and said he wanted to kill a police officer in the September 6 attack in the western town of Linz.
He had entered the police station armed with a machete and hit the glass screen separating him from the on-duty officer around 50 times.
An officer then locked the front door so that the man was trapped in the entrance area until backup arrived and he could be detained.
Prosecutors say that he sympathized with the ideology of the Daesh group.
Local media reported at the time of the attack that the man was an Albanian national.
He caused an estimated 70,000 euros ($75,800) worth of damage.
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Man jailed for machete attack on German police station
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Man jailed for machete attack on German police station
- The man shouted God is Greatest and said he wanted to kill a police officer
- Prosecutors say that he sympathized with the ideology of Daesh
Russia says ‘progress’ in talks with Ukraine in Abu Dhabi
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday that there was progress and a positive movement forward in negotiations on peace in Ukraine, as delegations from Russia, Ukraine and the United States prepared for talks in Abu Dhabi.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting in the east, triggering the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two and biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War.
Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy on investment who has played a central role in US-mediated negotiations on Ukraine, said that “warmongers” from Europe and Britain were “constantly trying to interfere with this process, constantly trying to meddle in it.”
“And the more such attempts there are, the more we see that progress is definitely being made,” he told reporters ahead of the talks. “There is positive movement forward.”
He said active work was underway on restoring relations with the United States, including within the framework of a US-Russia working group on economy.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took part in the previous meeting of the working group in Miami on January 31 along with Dmitriev, US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting in the east, triggering the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two and biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War.
Dmitriev, Putin’s envoy on investment who has played a central role in US-mediated negotiations on Ukraine, said that “warmongers” from Europe and Britain were “constantly trying to interfere with this process, constantly trying to meddle in it.”
“And the more such attempts there are, the more we see that progress is definitely being made,” he told reporters ahead of the talks. “There is positive movement forward.”
He said active work was underway on restoring relations with the United States, including within the framework of a US-Russia working group on economy.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took part in the previous meeting of the working group in Miami on January 31 along with Dmitriev, US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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