With their anti-migrant tirades, the establishment parties are pursuing two goals: two goals: dividing the working class and building a police state.

The attack in Aschaffenburg is the latest in a series of violent incidents in Germany, intensifying fears surrounding migration and increasing support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Two people are dead, one of them a small child. Three others are seriously injured. After the violent attack in Bavaria, the police are working to shed light on the incident. Politicians are calling for consequences.

Officials and residents have attended a solemn Mass to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate about migration ahead of the Feb. 23 general election.

Dozens of people have laid flowers and candles in the park in Aschaffenburg, where a knife attack left two people dead: a 41-year-old man and a two-year-old boy of Moroccan origin. Camera: RONALD WITTEK.

A memorial service has commenced in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg four days after an attack there resulted in two deaths. "Today we are full of sorrow," Aschaffenburg parish priest, Martin Heim,

Interior ministers of Germany's 16 states called on Monday for changes in how the psychologically ill are dealt with following a fatal knife attack in Aschaffenburg in Bavaria last week. Potential criminals needed to be identified at an early stage and there had to be better exchange of information between government bodies,

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger in Germany's upcoming election plans to put proposals for a tougher migration policy to parliament.

People in the city of Aschaffenburg are grieving with the mayor warning of a "spiral of violence and hatred" after a stabbing attack killed two people. A judge ordered the suspect be placed in psychiatric care.

Two people, including a 2-year-old boy, have been killed and three others were injured in a stabbing attack in Bavaria.

A two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man were killed on Wednesday in a knife attack in Germany's Aschaffenburg. A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested by the police.

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