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Würzburg train attack, the Glossary

On 18 July 2016, Riaz Khan Ahmadzai, a 17-year-old refugee from Afghanistan, stabbed and injured five people on and outside a train near Würzburg, Germany.^[1]

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Acute stress reaction

Acute stress reaction (ASR, also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock) and acute stress disorder (ASD) is a psychological response to a terrifying, traumatic or surprising experience.

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Alliance 90/The Greens

Alliance 90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), often simply referred to as Greens (Grüne), is a green political party in Germany.

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Amaq News Agency

Amaq News Agency (translit) is a news outlet linked to the Islamic State (IS).

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Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel (born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 and was the first woman to hold that office.

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Bavaria

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.

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Bavarian Ministry of the Interior

The Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, Sport and Integration (Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, für Sport und Integration) is the interior ministry of Bavaria.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.

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Chief Executive of Hong Kong

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Der Spiegel

(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.

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Die Welt

("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE.

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Foster care

Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home (residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent", or with a family member approved by the state.

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Gaukönigshofen

Gaukönigshofen is a municipality in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria in Germany.

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German Chancellery

The German Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt,, more faithfully translated as Federal Chancellery or Office of the Federal Chancellor) is an agency serving the executive office of the chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal government, currently Olaf Scholz.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hatchet

A hatchet (from the Old French hachete, a diminutive form of hache, 'axe' of Germanic origin) is a single-handed striking tool with a sharp blade on one side used to cut and split wood, and a hammerhead on the other side.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Berlin (HKETO Berlin) commenced operation in Berlin, Germany in March 2009.

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Hongkongers

Hongkongers, Hong Kongers, Hong Kongese, Hongkongese, Hong Kong citizens and Hong Kong people are demonyms that refer to a resident of Hong Kong, although they may also refer to others who were born and/or raised in the territory.

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Immigration and crime in Germany

Crimes may be committed both against and by immigrants in Germany.

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Islamic extremism

Islamic extremism, Islamist extremism or radical Islam refers a set of extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideology within Islam.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Islamic terrorism in Europe

Islamic terrorism in Europe has been carried out by the Islamic State (ISIL) or Al-Qaeda as well as Islamist lone wolves since the late 20th century.

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Jihadist flag

The jihadist flag is a flag commonly used by various Islamist and fundamentalist movements as a symbol of jihad.

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Joachim Herrmann (CSU)

Joachim Herrmann (born 21 September 1956) is a German politician.

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Landeskriminalamt

The State Criminal Police Office, or Landeskriminalamt ((LKA)) in German, is an independent law enforcement agency in all 16 German states that is directly subordinate to the state's ministry of the interior.

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Le Monde

Le Monde (The World) is a French daily afternoon newspaper.

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Leung Chun-ying

Leung Chun-ying (born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Chinese politician from Hong Kong and a chartered surveyor, who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since March 2017.

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List of Islamist terrorist attacks

According to Fondapol, a French think tank, between 1979 and May 2021, at least 48,035 Islamist terrorist attacks took place worldwide, causing the deaths of at least 210,138 people.

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List of mass stabbing incidents (2010–2019)

This is a list of mass stabbings that took place in the 2010s.

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List of terrorist incidents in 2016

This is a list of terrorist incidents which took place in 2016, including attacks by violent non-state actors for political motives.

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Mass stabbing

A mass stabbing is a single incident in which multiple victims are injured or killed with a sharp object thrusted at the victims, piercing through the skin and injuring the victims.

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Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel

Mohamed Salmene Lahouaiej-Bouhlel (Muḥammad Laḥwiyyij-Būhlāl; 3 January 1985 – 14 July 2016) was a Tunisian terrorist living in France who carried out the 2016 Nice truck attack, in which he drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, hitting 520 people, killing 86 and injuring another 434.

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Ochsenfurt

Ochsenfurt is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Omar Mateen

Omar Mir Seddique Mateen (born Omar Mir Seddique; November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American terrorist and mass murderer who murdered 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police.

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Peter Altmaier

Peter Altmaier (born 18 June 1958) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy from 2018 to 2021.

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Peter Frank (jurist)

Peter-Herbert Frank (born 5 May 1968) is a German jurist who is currently serving as a judge in the Federal Constitutional Court in the second senate.

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Police tactical unit

A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved.

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Prosecutor

A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law.

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Pulse nightclub shooting

On, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States before Orlando Police officers fatally shot him after a three-hour standoff.

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Rainer Wendt

Rainer Wendt (born 29 November 1956 in Duisburg) is a German former policeman (Schutzpolizei).

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Refugee

A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.

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Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations.

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Regionalbahn

The Regionalbahn (lit. Regional train; abbreviated RB) is a type of local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany.

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Renate Künast

Renate Elly Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens party.

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Rolf Tophoven

Rolf Tophoven (born 1937) is a German journalist and terrorism expert.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung

The Süddeutsche Zeitung, published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany.

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SEK (Germany)

Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK, "Special Task Force") are police tactical units of each of the 16 German State Police forces.

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Takbir

The takbīr (تَكْبِير) is the name for the Arabic phrase (اَللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ).Wensinck, A.J., "Takbīr", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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Treuchtlingen

Treuchtlingen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railway

The Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railway is a 140 km long main line in the northwest of the German state of Bavaria.

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Unaccompanied minor

An unaccompanied minor (sometimes "unaccompanied child" or "separated child") is a child without the presence of a legal guardian.

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UTC+02:00

UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00.

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Würzburg

Würzburg (Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria.

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Würzburg (district)

Würzburg is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Bavaria, Germany.

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Winterhausen

Winterhausen is a municipality in the district of Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany.

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ZDF

ZDF, short for i, is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate.

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2015 European migrant crisis

During 2015, there was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe.

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2016 Munich knife attack

The 2016 Munich knife attack took place on 10 May 2016 when a 27-year-old mentally disturbed man stabbed four men, one of them fatally at Grafing station in the Upper Bavarian town of Grafing, some from Munich, southern Germany. Würzburg train attack and 2016 Munich knife attack are 2016 in Bavaria, mass stabbings in Germany and stabbing attacks in 2016.

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2016 Nice truck attack

On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 434 others. Würzburg train attack and 2016 Nice truck attack are Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 and July 2016 crimes in Europe.

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2016 Reutlingen knife attack

On 24 July 2016, a Syrian asylum seeker armed with a döner knife attacked his girlfriend and bystanders in Reutlingen, Germany, killing his girlfriend, a Polish woman, and wounding two other people in the forearm and head, before being struck accidentally by a car and arrested by police. Würzburg train attack and 2016 Reutlingen knife attack are July 2016 crimes in Europe, July 2016 events in Germany and stabbing attacks in 2016.

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2021 Würzburg stabbing

The 2021 Würzburg stabbing occurred on 25 June 2021 in Würzburg, Germany. Würzburg train attack and 2021 Würzburg stabbing are History of Würzburg and mass stabbings in Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Würzburg_train_attack

Also known as 2016 Würzburg train attack, Muhammad Riyad, Riaz Khan Ahmadzai.

, Treuchtlingen–Würzburg railway, Unaccompanied minor, UTC+02:00, Würzburg, Würzburg (district), Winterhausen, ZDF, 2015 European migrant crisis, 2016 Munich knife attack, 2016 Nice truck attack, 2016 Reutlingen knife attack, 2021 Würzburg stabbing.

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See also

2016 in Bavaria

2016 in rail transport

Axe attacks

History of Würzburg

History of rail transport in Bavaria

ISIL terrorist incidents in Germany

July 2016 crimes in Europe

July 2016 events in Germany

Mass stabbings in Germany

Railway accidents and incidents in Germany

Refugees in Germany

Stabbing attacks in 2016

Terrorist incidents in Bavaria

Terrorist incidents in Germany in 2016

Terrorist incidents in Germany involving knife attacks

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