IS releases threatening video of suspect who carried out attack in Germany

On July 19, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) released a video recording images and threatening words of the perpetrator of the attack on a train on the night of July 18 in the city of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany, which injured four people.

Police investigate at the scene of the attack. (Source: EPA/VNA)

In the 2-minute, 20-second video with Arabic subtitles released by IS's Amaq news agency, the 17-year-old Afghan boy, who goes by the name "Mohammed Riyadh," speaks in Pashto (an Iranian language spoken in many South Asian countries including Afghanistan), introducing himself as "a soldier of the Islamic caliphate" and will carry out "an operation" in Germany. He also threatens countries "that do not believe in Islam."

Meanwhile, according to a VNA correspondent in Germany, authorities are still focusing on investigating the case. Investigation results show that the subject was infected with radical Islamic ideology in just the past few weeks.

When investigators searched the suspect’s residence after the attack, they found a homemade IS flag and a text in Pashto calling on Muslims to rise up and fight. However, it is still unclear whether the suspect is actually linked to the IS terrorist organization.

According to the investigation results, the perpetrator was an Afghan refugee who came to Germany alone and lived in a shelter before being adopted by a family in Ochsenfurt recently.

At around 9:15 pm (local time) on July 18, on a train to Wuerzburg, the perpetrator used an axe and a knife to attack a group of passengers, seriously injuring four members of a family from Hong Kong (China). At that time, there were about 25 people on the train. Police shot and killed the perpetrator as he tried to flee the scene./.

According to Vietnam+