The chancellor, lagging in the polls ahead of the Feb. 23 election, called for an investigation into why the Afghan suspect was even in Germany.

Germany's opposition leader vowed Thursday to bar people from entering the country without proper papers and to step up deportations if he is elected chancellor next month, as a knife attack by a rejected asylum-seeker spilled over into an election campaign in which he is the front-runner.

Following the fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg in northern Bavaria, the 28-year-old suspect is to be brought before a magistrate on Thursday,

Following the killing of two people in Bavaria by an Afghan refugee, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his frustration over the recurring occurrence of such horrific events and called for a thorough investigation into the presence of the perpetrator in Germany.

Conservative frontrunner to be country’s next chancellor aims to submit tough migration proposals to MPs next week

Two people, including a two-year-old boy, have been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria

Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the "unbelievable act of ... in the southern province of Bavaria, about 11:45 am local time, Bavaria's regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that authorities must clear ... a city of about 72,000 people. Bavaria’s top security official, Joachim Herrmann, said the assailant attacked the boy, who was part ...

Bavaria blames Berlin ... which are a massive problem," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a Social Democrat (SPD) campaign event in the eastern German city of Erfurt. He insisted that his federal ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that authorities must clear ... a city of about 72,000 people. Bavaria’s top security official, Joachim Herrmann, said the assailant attacked the boy, who was part ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the "unbelievable act of terror" on a ... them with a "kitchen knife" in the city of Aschaffenburg at around 11:45 am (1045 GMT), Bavaria's regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said. A two-year-old child of "Moroccan ...