Mr Alhelo was re-stocking the vending machine when the attack began. “I was afraid and ran away,” he said.

A witness told Bild that a driver intentionally hit the man with his car, preventing him from harming more people.

“The attacker was completely out of his mind. He even ran after a police car with his machete,” the witness said. “A BMW driver then accelerated and knocked him down. After that he lay on the ground and did not move.”

The man was locally named as 21-year-old Alper, H., the son of a kebab shop owner.