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This is the moment a man running along the street as he allegedly launched a deadly machete attack.

The woman filming the scene can be heard shouting 'oh my God' in German repeatedly as she captures the footage on her camera phone.

At least one person is dead and two others are injured after a machete-wielding Syrian refugee allegedly attacked passersby on a German street.

The 21-year-old randomly hacked at terrified members of the public near a kebab shop in the city of Reutlingen this afternoon, it is reported.

A woman was killed in the horrific attack, while at least two others suffered unspecified injuries, according to police and local media.

The attacker, believed to have been acting alone, was only stopped when a brave BMW driver apparently ploughed into him.

He was arrested by cops as he lay on the pavement.

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Photos of the arrest show the man lying on the ground with a bloodied face. Armed cops can be seen standing above him, resting their boots on his body.

The motive behind the attack on the List Platz remains unclear, according to Germany's Bild and Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspapers.

This evening, police said the suspect is a Syrian asylum seeker.

A police spokesman had no immediate information on when the man arrived in Germany, but said he was apparently acting alone.

"There is no danger to anyone else at this time," the official told Reuters.

According to The Algemeen Dagblad (AD), the suspect lunged at passerbys with the machete as he carried out the terrifying attack.

He continued to 'run around' with the blade until the BMW driver crashed into him, knocking him onto the pavement, it is reported.

The killing comes two days after an 18-year-old lone gunman killed nine people and injured over 30 in a shopping mall shooting spree in Munich.

In the earlier incident, the teen, identified as Ali David Sonboly, opened fire on bystanders at a McDonald's restaurant in the German city.

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He carried out the massacre on Friday evening - the fifth anniversary of Anders Breivik's twin attacks in Norway, which claimed the lives of 77 people in July 2011.

Reutlingen is situated in Baden-Württemberg, south of Stuttgart.

This story is developing.