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Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the attack although law enforcement officers said they were not treating terror as a primary motive.

Graphic video has emerged showing the appalling wounds sustained by one of the attacker’s victims.

The footage from regional news agency K-Inform shows paramedics helping a blood-soaked shopper at the scene.

Another image shows an axe dropped by the suspected jihadist - who was dressed in black and wore a balaclava - during his first attack at a local shopping centre.