After the axe attack on the train in Würzburg, a number of German citizens — most, if not all of them, women — have expressed their disappointment that the security police were unable to stop the perpetrator without killing him. The most prominent critic of the police in this regard was Renate Künast, a politician for the Green Party.

Below are three videos related to the killing of the axeman on the train. All three came out before the terror massacre in Munich. Many thanks to Vlad Tepes for subtitling them.

The first one is an interview with Rainer Wendt, the head of the German Police Union. Mr. Wendt is being questioned about the events in Würzburg, and also Mrs. Künast’s critique:

Translation: Nash Montana

The second video features a woman — not Renate Künast, but another woman of great compassion — who really wishes the police could have kept the poor lad alive, so we could ask him why he did it:

Translation: Egri Nök

Finally, on a lighter note, we have a humorous sketch where the police demonstrate their new non-lethal methods of dealing with axe attackers:

Translation: Egri Nök

Transcript video #1:

0:00 In the studio now I greet Rainer Wendt, the head of the German Police Union. 0:03 Good morning Herr Wendt — Good morning — You have seen in France, of course much much bigger 0:07 and much much more horrible, now this attack 0:11 on a regional train with axe and knife. Is this the new threat? 0:15 Unfortunately this is not new, we have unfortunately experienced this for months, 0:19 that suddenly single offenders attack in this manner, and therefore 0:24 we live in the age of terror, we also live in the age of violence, 0:28 and we have to simply adapt to this without getting used to it. 0:32 The discussion is being held here as well, how to protect oneself, what can one do? 0:37 Yeah, well, first and foremost don’t give in to the illusion of trying protect yourself 0:41 from everything, or that you can protect yourself from everything. We also cannot 0:45 look into the heads of these lone offenders before they commit their attack, 0:50 and there are sometimes clues leading to their radicalization. 0:55 We have to pay attention to those, and we have to react in time beforehand, 0:59 and for instance at schools we can run good programs for the prevention of radicalization. 1:04 We still don’t know what the real motivation was behind this attack, 1:07 but there are these possibilities, as well as the possibility — with young people — 1:13 to look at how they act, and to recognize criminal tendencies preemptively, 1:17 in order to then intervene. 1:20 There are now demands for more personnel on trains and at train stations. Would that be a beginning? 1:26 Yes, sure, but the trains of course have in the past few years substantially increased their personnel. 1:33 The better is the friend of the good. The Bavarian police are generally well-positioned; 1:38 we can also see that the Bavarian SEK was on location, 1:41 and they obviously acted excellently. 1:44 It was good work; they intervened promptly, 1:47 despite the fact that they were there for a whole different reason, obviously, 1:50 but then, so to speak — switched around — and they saw 1:53 the necessity of intervening, and it was excellent and correct this way. 1:57 The offender was shot dead, and Frau [Renate] Künast [Green Party politician] 2:00 immediately tweeted that wouldn’t it have been possible to just shoot him 2:03 so he would be injured, and therefore incapable? 2:06 Yeah, well, this is a downright stupid question, I really have to say, 2:09 from a clueless politician, and it actually gets on my nerves. 2:13 After such an intervention, of course, the entire action is being meticulously recreated 2:17 and examined by the district attorney and by the responsible parties, 2:22 and therefore we really don’t need this kind of parliamentary smart-assery. 2:26 That Frau Künast shouldn’t watch so many bad movies. 2:29 Whoever believes that when a guy charges the police 2:32 with an axe and a knife, that we just proceed to shoot the axe out of his hand, 2:36 or something, that is really clueless and somewhat dumb, and 2:40 our colleagues are rightfully insulted by these kinds of shenanigans. 2:44

Transcript video #2:

00:00 He was likeable, he was friendly, he was easygoing. 00:04 Yes, nothing that would make you start to wonder. 00:08 I am very baffled. I am very sad. 00:11 I am also very sad that the boy is dead. 00:18 Because of course I am wondering, and I think the question must be allowed, 00:23 whether they could not have stopped him another way. 00:26 Because now we can no longer ask him what happened.



Transcript video #3: