(AFP) Anti-terrorism prosecutors in Germany will take over the investigation into a knife attack in Mannheim that killed a police officer, a spokeswoman told AFP on Monday.
She said the office took on the case due to the “singular importance” of the attack, which sparked alarm in Germany.
A 25-year-old Afghan is accused of attacking people with a knife at an anti-Islam rally in the western city of Mannheim.
A police officer, 29, died on Sunday after being repeatedly stabbed during the attack. Mannheim police said he was a married father of two.
Five people taking part in a rally organised by Pax Europa, a campaign group against radical Islam, were wounded in the attack.
