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ADVERTISEMENTA person on a long-distance prepare in southern Germany attacked and barely injured 4 folks with a hammer on Thursday earlier than he was detained by police, authorities stated.
Police in Straubing stated the assault occurred on an ICE categorical prepare headed from the northern Germany metropolis of Hamburg to the Austrian capital Vienna whereas it was between Straubing and Plattling within the southern state of Bavaria.
About 500 folks had been on board when the assault occurred, police stated.
About 150 law enforcement officials, firefighters and emergency personnel had been deployed to the scene, police added. The railway line was closed down.
Police initially stated the perpetrator used an axe within the assault however later stated he allegedly used a hammer and sure different weapons which they didn’t additional title. They recognized the person as a 20-year-old Syrian nationwide.
Police didn’t present additional particulars on the id of the attacker or his motive, however later stated that he was overpowered by fellow passengers and had additionally been injured.
The perpetrator “might be considerably extra critically injured,” a police spokesperson informed German information company dpa. He was in police custody and receiving medical therapy.
The 4 injured passengers, who weren’t recognized, had been taken to close by hospitals.
Based on the Bavarian Crimson Cross, the emergency companies had been alerted at round 2 pm after passengers pulled the emergency brakes. The prepare got here to a halt close to the village of Straßkirchen, dpa reported.
The Crimson Cross stated a particular care centre was arrange close by to deal with passengers. Along with quite a few rescue companies and two helicopters, psychological caregivers had been deployed to assist those that weren’t injured however might need been traumatized.
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn stated in a press release that “our ideas and sympathy are with the injured and all those that now have to come back to phrases with what they’ve skilled,” and thanked emergency companies for the fast arrest of the suspect.
Germany has seen a number of violent assaults in public areas in current months.
In Could, a girl stabbed and injured greater than a dozen folks at Hamburg’s central station. In February, a driver ploughed into an indication in Munich, killing two and injuring greater than 20.
And in December, a person killed six folks and injured greater than 200 when he drove a automobile via a Christmas market in Magdeburg.
