Police have arrested a suspect within the knife assault at a prepare station in Germany’s Hamburg. The motive behind the assault stay unclear.
A knife assault at Hamburg’s central prepare station on Friday night left not less than 12 folks injured, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported.
Native police confirmed the arrest of the suspected attacker. Some movies on social media confirmed a lady being taken into custody by the cops in reference to the assault.
The person reportedly focused folks with a knife on the platform between tracks 13 and 14, police stated.
Based on Bild, three victims are in vital situation, three others are critically injured, and 6 sustained minor accidents. Some have been handled aboard trains on the scene.
Authorities haven’t but decided a motive. “Based on preliminary info, an individual injured a number of folks with a knife on the primary prepare station,” Hamburg police stated in a publish on X.
The station, positioned in downtown Hamburg—Germany’s second-largest metropolis—is a key hub for native, regional, and long-distance journey. Police cordoned off elements of the station, the Related Press reported.
Germany has witnessed a collection of violent incidents in latest months, together with stabbings. On Sunday, 4 folks have been injured in a stabbing at a bar in Bielefeld.
The Hamburg assault investigation has been taken over by federal prosecutors after the suspect reportedly expressed jihadist beliefs to police following his arrest.