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A German magistrate has issued a detention order for a man suspected of stabbing a 4-year-old girl in a supermarket, police and the public prosecutor said on Friday morning. The 34-year-old was ordered to be taken to a psychiatric hospital for attempted murder combined with dangerous bodily harm. The man, who has Syrian and Dutch citizenship, is suspected of attacking the girl in the supermarket in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg with a knife and seriously injuring her on Wednesday afternoon. According to the police, it was an unexpected attack. The child was immediately taken to …

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