A woman has been killed and two others injured in a machete attack in Germany (Picture: Twitter/Sky News)

A machete-wielding attacker has killed a woman and injured two others in a rampage in Germany before being arrested after he was struck by a car.

Pictures show a man, whose face is covered in blood, being detained by police, with a long-bladed knife beside the feet of officers.

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German authorities have since ruled out the attack in Reutlingen, near Stuttgart, as being terrorism related.

It is believed the suspect was struck by a BMW as he ran across a road before then being arrested, while a video, circulating on Twitter, appears to show the suspect at the scene.


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German authorities have since ruled out the attack in Reutlingen as being terrorism-related (Picture: Sky News)

The attack occurred shortly after 4.30pm (Picture: Sky News)

According to Spiegel, a man and woman were seen quarreling near a bus station at around 4.30pm shortly before the attack took place.



German newspaper Bild, is reporting that the victim could have been pregnant.

It comes just days after nine people were killed by teenage shooter Ali Sonboly in Munich and just over a week after a 17-year-old armed with an axe and knife attacked passengers on a train in Bavaria.

According to Reuters, the suspect is a 21-year-old refugee from Syria, who was known to police.

Machete attacker held under control by police in #Reutlingen after killing at least one (#Germany) pic.twitter.com/34XsP8FtEV — Roeland Roovers (@r0eland) July 24, 2016

Assailant arrested by police in #Reutlingen. The weapon he used you can buy everywhere. Expect more such attacks. pic.twitter.com/LYYmw5qLMy — Julie Lenarz (@MsJulieLenarz) July 24, 2016

The attack is believed to have occurred near a restaurant called Mangal, where it is believed the female victim worked as a cleaner.

An eyewitness told the paper the suspect seemed completely out of his mind as he went on the rampage.

Another witness told Spiegel: ‘The woman ran away in the direction of bus station, the man behind.

‘Then he came back and when he tried to cross the street, a man in a white BMW has approached him.’

An aerial image of Reutlingen, where the attack happened (Picture: Getty Images)

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