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GERMANY (ANS) -- A man wielding a sword has killed one person and injured at least three more at a church in Germany, police say, according to a news article posted on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) website. Details are still emerging, and the motive for the attack that took place in the middle of a service in the Protestant church is as yet unclear. Officers said they found "grisly" scenes after the afternoon attack in the southern city of Stuttgart. One woman is reported to be in a serious condition following the assault. "Severed limbs were lying all round the church," a police spokeswoman said, adding that one man was arrested. The BBC reports that Police spokesman Hermann Karpf said that the attack came as members of the local Tamil community were gathered inside the church. "The suspected perpetrator was arrested. He is believed to be a Tamil, and the service was also a Tamil service," Mr Karpf was quoted as saying. Police used pepper spray to overpower the man, according to Germany's Spiegel. About 40 people are believed to have been in the church, most of them thought to be members of the Tamil community who originally come from southern India and Sri Lanka. The BBC said counseling has been offered to those who witnessed the
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