A man in Germany fatally stabbed two people and injured seven others on a train before police finally arrested him on Wednesday.
“It’s terrible,” Schleswig-Holstein state interior minister Sabine Suetterlin-Waack told German public broadcaster NDR. “We are shocked and horrified that something like this happened.”
The man, identified as between the ages of 20 and 30, boarded a train traveling from Kiel to Hamburg and attacked several passengers around 3:00 p.m. before the train arrived at Brokstedt station in northern Germany. .
Several people called the police when the attack occurred, and the officers were able to stop the train and detain the suspect. The Brokstedt train station remained closed for several hours.
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Forensic experts walk past a train in which a knife attack took place at a train station in Brokstedt, Germany, on January 25, 2023.
(Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)
Three people suffered serious injuries and four others suffered minor injuries.
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Police took the suspect, who also sustained injuries, to a hospital for treatment. Authorities did not provide additional information on the suspect’s identity, but noted that the suspect did not appear on any extremist watch lists, according to preliminary checks.
A train stands at a station in Brokstedt, Germany, after an incident involving a knife attack occurred while the train was traveling between Kiel and Hamburg on January 25, 2023.
(Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)
Two hours after the attack, police had yet to identify a motive or update the status of the victims, German outlet DW reported.
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But the DPA news agency reported that the suspect had exhibited signs of psychiatric illness, citing a security source who spoke off the record.
Forensic personnel are pictured on a train platform in Brokstedt, Germany, on January 25, 2023. German police say a man fatally stabbed two people and injured seven others on a train before police finally arrested him. .
(Jonas Walzberg/DPA via AP)
Regional and federal police joined the prosecutor’s office to investigate the attack, NDR reported.
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The Deutsche Bahn train operator expressed its condolences on Wednesday night, saying “our deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims. We wish the injured a speedy and full recovery.”
Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
