After the fatal knife attack in Ludwigshafen, an arrest warrant was issued against the alleged perpetrator. A judge decided that on Wednesday evening, said a spokeswoman for the Rheinpfalz police headquarters on Thursday in Ludwigshafen.

The 25-year-old was shot when he was arrested and is therefore still being treated in a hospital. It is unclear when he can be transferred to prison. His motive for the crime on Tuesday is still unclear, the investigation is still ongoing.

The Somali national is said to have killed two 20 and 35-year-old men with a large kitchen knife in the Ludwigshafen district of Oggersheim. He proceeded with extreme brutality, one of the two victims, according to the police, severed a hand. According to the autopsy results, the two men died of severe stab wounds in the neck and chest respectively.

A few hundred meters away, the 25-year-old is said to have attacked a 27-year-old with a knife in a drugstore and seriously injured him. Police officers put the perpetrator there and stopped him with a gun.

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