{"id":126277,"date":"2025-05-23T21:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/126277\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T21:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:26:08","slug":"stabbing-at-germany-train-station-leaves-several-people-injured-female-suspect-arrested-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/126277\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabbing at Germany train station leaves several people injured; female suspect arrested, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A stabbing attack on Friday at the busy central train station in the German city of Hamburg<\/a> left several people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police said a 39-year-old woman, a German national, was arrested at the scene without putting up resistance and that they believe, after watching video footage, she acted alone. Police also secured the knife.<\/p>\n

The attacker targeted people on the platform between tracks 13 and 14 in the station at around 6 p.m. local time, according to police. The station in downtown Hamburg, Germany’s second-biggest city, is a major hub for local, regional and long-distance trains.<\/p>\n

Hamburg’s fire service initially said six people sustained life-threatening injuries, while another three were seriously injured and three had slight injuries, German news agency dpa reported<\/a>. Police, however, said later that there were no “valid figures” yet but that “several” people had life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate indication of any political motive, and investigators were looking into whether the suspect may have been mentally ill, police spokesperson Florian Abbenseth said.<\/p>\n

A high-speed InterCity Express, or ICE, train with its doors open was still at the platform hours after the attack, but Abbenseth said that it was not a crime scene.<\/p>\n

Railway operator Deutsche Bahn said it was “deeply shocked” by the attack. Four tracks at the station were closed Friday evening, and some long-distance trains were delayed or diverted.<\/p>\n

Carrying weapons, including knives, is banned at the station and on local transport in Hamburg.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s office said the German leader was appalled by the news and told Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher in a call Friday evening that “my thoughts are with the victims and their relatives.”<\/p>\n

There have been several stabbing attacks in Germany in recent years. In August 2024, a 26-year-old\u00a0Syrian man killed<\/a> three people and wounded eight others in a Solingen festival knife attack<\/a>, motivated by the Islamic State terror group, prosecutors said. In June 2024, a man attacked<\/a>\u00a0several people in the southwest German city of Mannheim, leaving seven people injured, according to police. And in June 2023, a man fatally stabbed<\/a> two people and injured seven others on a train in northern Germany, police said at the time.<\/p>\n

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