Rafik Y, 41-year-old convicted of plotting to kill Iraqi president, Iyad Allawi, during his visit to Berlin in 2004 have been killed by police in the German capital of Berlin after he stabbed an officer in the neck above her bulletproof vest.
Rafik Y was shot dead by police after they received a call of a man wielding a knife on the street, as the police got to the scene of the accident, Rafik then stabbed the female officer on her neck, just above her bullet proof vest when she got out of the patrol car, sending his partner to shoot Rafik four times, The Telegraph reported.
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The police officer was taken away to the hospital for emergency surgery for her stab wound. She was also hit by a stray bullet, but she is said to be "out of danger". Paramedics at the scene tried saving Rafik's life, but he died on his way to the hospital.
Rafik is a member of the Ansar al-Islam, a jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda. After his arrest and conviction for the assassination plot, he was sentenced to eight years in prison, but was released early and was allowed to stay in Germany, but had to wear an electronic tag.
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People have speculated that Rafik Y might be mentally ill, but after his previous record was released to the public, it was believed he had only carried out an act of terror, and probably in a rush to meet the "promised virgins in heaven".