Germany: Syrian asylum seeker stabs father and his 5-year-old child in the street

A suspect has been arrested after the sudden attack on a man and his child in Esslingen. The 25-year-old is under urgent suspicion for attempted murder.

He allegedly attacked his 38-year-old victim and his five-year-old child on the pavement one and a half weeks ago in the morning and injured the man’s neck with a sharp object. The child had remained unharmed.

On Thursday evening, the Syrian was arrested in a refugee accommodation in Esslingen and brought before the magistrate on Friday, according to the police.

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