The arrest of an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of killing two people in a knife attack targeting children in a German park has prompted calls for a much tougher migration stance and fired up campaigning for Germany's Feb.

BERLIN—German police detained an Afghan man suspected of stabbing two people to death, including a 2-year-old, putting immigration back at the center of the campaign for next month’s election. Armed with a kitchen knife,

Police cordoned off the park after the knife attack on Wednesday morning A two-year-old boy and a man aged 41 have been killed in a stabbing in a German park. Police confirmed that a 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested following the attack in Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg.