Police in Berlin have killed a well known Islamic extremist from Iraq after they stabbed a female officer. The man with an extensive criminal record was waving a knife on the streets of Berlin when the officer was seriously injured. The man is known to have been affiliated with Al-Qaeda
“As far as we know, the person killed was an Iraqi citizen, who was convicted to eight years behind bars in 2008 for being a member of a foreign terrorist organization,” Chief Prosecutor Dirk Feuerberg said at a press conference, according to Bild newspaper. The criminal was freed in 2013 but was sentenced to wearing an electronic tag for monitoring. He reportedly removed it from his ankle before the attack.
The female officer, 44, sustained a stab wound in the neck. She was rushed to a military hospital on a rescue helicopter, and is now recovering after surgery.