Man jailed for machete attack on German police station

The man shouted God is Greatest and said he wanted to kill a police officer
Prosecutors say that he sympathized with the ideology of Daesh

BERLIN: A man who attacked a German police station with a machete last year was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday for attempted murder and criminal damage.
The man, then aged 29, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and said he wanted to kill a police officer in the September 6 attack in the western town of Linz.
He had entered the police station armed with a machete and hit the glass screen separating him from the on-duty officer around 50 times.
An officer then locked the front door so that the man was trapped in the entrance area until backup arrived and he could be detained.
Prosecutors say that he sympathized with the ideology of the Daesh group.
Local media reported at the time of the attack that the man was an Albanian national.
He caused an estimated 70,000 euros ($75,800) worth of damage.