Migrant kills one and injures six others in stabbing attack in Hamburg, Germany

Police work at the scene of the crime in Hamburg. Reuters. 

An illegal migrant in the city of Hamburg, Germany, has killed one person and wounded six more in a knife rampage. Reuters. The suspect was a 26 year old from the United Arab Emirates who was due for deportation. Officials could not deport him though because he didn't have identification and they were unsure of his citizenship. The suspect began a stabbing rampage in a supermarket. German civilians and a Turkish man fought back against the attacker by throwing chairs and other objects at him, with one of the injuries being caused by throwing heavy objects. This forced the attacker to flee and he was arrested by the police shortly after. No links to terrorist groups have been found so far but the attacker did scream "Allah Akbar" during the attack, a common phrase for terrorists. 

My Comment:

This looks like yet another lone wolf attacker in Europe. The attack was simple and mostly failed but it just goes to show that one guy with a weapon can cause chaos. My guess is that this person was inspired by terrorist literature on the internet and took their advice for staging attacks. Given the fact that this was in Germany, we might never know if he had any further links to ISIS or other terror groups, but I personally doubt there will be any other connections. 

I am fairly disgusted that this person was even in Germany. He wasn't a refugee as he was from the UAE. Though I probably would want to live in Germany instead of the UAE as well, he had no legitimate reason to even be in the country. Though the UAE isn't all that great if you aren't in the ruling class, it's not a war zone like Syria. It's a safe country and there is no reason why the suspect was in Germany except for economic reasons. He wasn't a refugee, he was an illegal economic migrant. 

Even worse, Germany wouldn't deport him. His asylum was denied and he was supposed to have been deported but they didn't. And I don't understand their reasoning. Isn't the fact that he didn't have identification reason enough to deport him? I mean they were able to figure out that he was born in the UAE, what else do they need? I mean the guy was bad enough that he didn't qualify for asylum in Germany of all places. He should have gone back. 

The local Germans and one Turkish man that fought this guy off deserve quite a bit of praise. Fighting back is the right move in this situation, especially if you can't flee. You don't have to get close enough to fight hand to hand but throwing things at the attacker is a good way to slow him down or even injure or scare him off. It's probably not as good of a move if the guy has a gun but when all they have is a knife, fleeing might not be the best move. 

I don't know if this will effect the election in Germany. They haven't had any luck in getting rid of Angela Merkel and I don't think that this attack or any of the other attacks Germany will change anything. The refugee crisis didn't hurt Merkel all that much and I doubt this attack will change anything either. Though people aren't as supportive of Merkel as they used to be her party is still likely to win elections.