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German police: Reutlingen incident not terror attack

Sunday, 24 July 2016 9:16 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 24 July 2016 9:16 PM ]

A police officer stands in front of a fastfood restaurant in Reutlingen, southwestern Germany, on July 24, 2016 where a Syrian asylum-seeker killed a woman and injured two people with a machete. (AFP)

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

German police say a machete attack in the city of Reutlingen by a man that left a woman dead did not bear the hallmarks of a terrorist attack. Police have arrested the suspect identified as a 21-year-old Syrian refugee. Two people were also wounded in the incident.
Thousands including the opposition supporters hold a protest in Istanbul to denounce the recent failed coup in Turkey. Top opposition leaders attended the rally in Taksim Square. The CHP, Turkey’s largest opposition party said all 133 of its members in parliament were due to attend the rally.
Hundreds of American Muslims have rallied in Washington DC to condemn terrorist attacks attributed to Islam, and Islamophobia in the US. A wave of anti-Muslim propaganda was unleashed across the US after an attack on a club in Orlando left 49 people dead last month.
Israel has set up concrete roadblocks at the entrances of villages around the West Bank city of Bethlehem, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinians. Tel Aviv says the measure is in response to an alleged attack on an Israeli vehicle last Thursday.
At least eight people have been killed, and over 20 others wounded when terrorists fired rockets at the government-controlled parts of the Syrian capital Damascus. The rockets were reportedly fired from terrorists' positions on the outskirts of Damascus and struck several neighborhoods in the city center.
Yemeni forces have launched retaliatory attacks against Saudi Arabia, killing seven Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s Asir and Najran and in Yemen’s Ta’izz since Saturday. At least ten Yemeni civilians were also killed in the latest Saudi airstrikes in Ta'izz.
A funeral has been held for the victims of twin bomb blasts that hit the Afghan capital on Saturday. 83 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the blasts that hit a crowd of Shia Hazara protestors. President Ashraf Ghani declared a day of mourning after the Kabul attack.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has strongly criticized a terrorist bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Ghasemi expressed Iran’s sympathy with the government and people of Iraq, particularly the victims’ families. The blast targeted a security checkpoint, killing at least 17 people and wounding 20 others.