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It comes just days after a gunman wreaked havoc in Munich.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the attack in the small city of Reutlingen in the south-west of the country.

German newspaper Bild reported the man struck outside a kebab shop – causing several witnesses to flee in panic.

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An eyewitness told Germany's Bild newspaper: ”The man was completely out of his mind.

“He ran with his machete even behind a patrol car.

“A BMW driver then accelerated and ran over him.

“He then lay still on the ground and did not move.”

People were seen fleeing as the man carried out the fatal attack.

A Reutlingen police spokesman, said: “Shortly before 4.30pm we received several emergency calls at the police headquarters in Reutlingen, that a man had quarrelled with a woman in the area of the central bus station and she had been injured with a machete.

“The woman suffered fatal injuries.

“The perpetrator was arrested a few minutes later close to the scene due to the rapid intervention of the police.

“The perpetrator injured another woman and a man.

“The suspect is a 21-year-old asylum seeker from Syria. He is known to the police.

“According to current knowledge, he is a lone operator.

“A threat to the population in and around Reutlingen is not likely.”

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The motive for the attack is currently unclear.

The killed woman is said to have worked as a cleaner in the restaurant "Mangal". The suspects are, according to police by a 21-year-old asylum seeker from Syria. He is known to the police.

There is, according to police, no evidence of a terrorist attack.