Wuppertal

A knife attack at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal has left several students injured, authorities confirmed. Police swiftly detained a suspect who also sustained injuries during the incident, according to a spokesperson for law enforcement agencies.

The police in Dusseldorf have arrested a man after an ax attack at the city's train station that injured nine people, three seriously.

The police announced on Friday that the suspect, originally came "from Kosovo" and was a resident of Wuppertal, a town 28 kilometers from Dusseldorf.

Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency has reported that a high school in the western German city of Wuppertal has banned Muslim students from publicly praying in the school building.

The Johannes Rau all-day high school asked teachers on Feb. 16 to issue a "friendly warning" to students performing prayers in the building, a leaked  document circulated on social media has revealed.        

BELGRADE - A German court on Monday ruled that a group of Islamists did not break the law in forming "sharia police" street patrols and telling people to stop drinking, gambling and listening to music, TheLocal.de reports.

German politicians and media Sept. 8 called for stricter laws against radical Islamist propaganda after a group of ultra-conservative Salafists took to the streets calling itself the "Sharia Police".