BERLIN (Reuters) - German officials had no indication that a young Afghan refugee who used a knife and axe to attack passengers on a train in southern Germany had been in contact with Islamic State, the public prosecutor in Bamberg said on Tuesday.
"We have no evidence that he was in contact with IS," Erik Ohlenschlager told a news conference, though he added that an Islamic State flag the attacker appeared to have drawn suggested he developed a sympathy for the group.
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