Syrian Refugee Wielding Machete has killed a Woman sadly in Reutlingen, Germany

A Syrian refugee wielding a machete has killed a woman and injured two other people in the southern city Reutlingen, police say.

The 21-year-old man has been arrested and was apparently acting alone, they added, saying the motive for the attack is not clear.

Police have also said there is no evidence pointing to the incident, which happened outside a bus station, being a terrorist attack.

Spokesman Bjoern Reusch said in a statement that witnesses said the man, who was known to police, was having an argument with the woman before attacking her about 4.30pm local time.

The man was hit by a BMW, which ended the attack, although it is not yet clear if the driver deliberately hit the suspect.

The woman worked at a kebab stand near where confrontation took place, the Bild newspaper reported.

News channel NTV said there was panic in the city centre following the attack, which comes just two days after a German-Iranian teenager killed shot dead nine people in Munich before taking his own life.

The 18-year-old Munich attacker is believed to have been "obsessed" with mass killers such as Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik and had no links to Islamic State (IS).

A week ago, a teenage asylum seeker went on a rampage with an axe and a knife on a regional train near the southern city of Wuerzburg, injuring five people.

German authorities said the Wuerzburg attacker was believed to be a "lone wolf" who was "inspired" by IS but not a member of the terror group.

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