Berlin blames Bavaria. Bavaria blames Berlin. With migrants suspected in several deadly attacks, German politicians are jostling for position with calls to reform migration ahead of February's federal election.

A man has been arrested after the knife attack in the southern German state of Bavaria. The motives for the stabbing are still unclear, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it "an act of terror."

BERLIN – The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children at a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany’s Feb 23 national election.

Two individuals, including a 2-year-old boy, tragically lost their lives, and three others were injured in a stabbing incident in Bavaria on Wednesday that Chancellor Olaf Scholz called "an act of terror.

Germany's opposition leader vows to toughen migration policies following a knife attack by an asylum-seeker. He pledges to enhance deportations and control borders if elected. The current government faces criticism amid rising far-right sentiments,

Police identified the suspect as an Afghan man. Politicians gearing up for an election responded with comments about migration and law and order.

BERLIN (AP) — Two people, including a child, were killed and two others were severely injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria on Wednesday, German police said. Police said a suspect was detained in the knife attack, which occurred in a park in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg.

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.

After the fatal knife attack in Bavaria on a kindergarten group by a rejected asylum seeker, politicians in Germany have been vowing to toughen up migration rules with the CDU leader promising a crackdown if he becomes chancellor.

Friedrich Merz says he will close Germany's borders to irregular migrants, including those with a right to protection.

The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children in a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany's Feb.