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<DIV class=sh><FONT face=Arial size=3>Carnage at German church service
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<DIV class=cap><FONT face=Arial>The motive for the attack is not yet
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size=3><FONT face=Arial><B>A man wielding a sword has killed one person and
injured at least three more at a church in Germany, police say.</B>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Officers said they found "grisly" scenes after the
afternoon attack in the southern city of Stuttgart. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>"Severed limbs were lying all round the church," a
police spokeswoman said, adding that one man was arrested. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Details are still emerging, and the motive for the
attack that took place in the middle of a service in the Protestant church is as
yet unclear. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>One woman is reported to be in a serious condition
following the assault. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial><B>Counselling offered</B> </FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Police spokesman Hermann Karpf said that the attack
came as members of the local Tamil community were gathered in the church.
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>"The suspected perpetrator was arrested. He is
believed to be a Tamil, and the service was also a Tamil service," Mr Karpf was
quoted as saying. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Police used pepper spray to overpower the man,
according to Germany's Spiegel. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>About 40 people are believed to have been in the
church, most of them thought to be members of the Tamil community who originally
come from southern India and Sri Lanka. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3>Counselling has been offered to those who witnessed
the attack.
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