(CNN) An ax-wielding man who attacked several people on a train in southern Germany late Monday evening has been shot dead by police. The assailant, armed with a knife and an ax, was identified as a 17-year-old Afghan man living in Ochsenfurt, Bavaria. Four passengers who were attacked are in serious condition. ;Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said a hand-drawn flag resembling the one used by ISIS was found in the attacker's room, and that the attaker shouted "Allahu Akbar" during the attack, according to initial distress calls.
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