After an incident at the main train station in Hamburg, which left at least 17 people injured, authorities in Germany have detained a woman.
In the city’s rush hour of Friday evening’s mass stabbing incident, at least four of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, according to emergency services.
A 39-year-old German woman was detained by law enforcement at the scene, according to a police spokesperson in Hamburg.
In comments made by public broadcaster ARD, spokesman Florian Abbenseth said: “She allowed herself to be arrested without resistance.
According to Abbenseth, “We don’t know for a fact that the woman may have had a political motive.”
Instead, we have information that we want to look into to determine whether she might have had a psychological emergency.
According to Hamburg police, the suspect was allegedly acting alone in a post on X.
According to a spokesman for Hamburg’s fire department, four of the victims have life-threatening injuries, down from earlier.
According to a spokeswoman for the Hanover federal police directorate, which also covers Hamburg, the suspect was believed to have turned “against passengers” at the station.
Images of the scene showed people being loaded into waiting ambulances and people having access to the platforms at one end of the station blocked off by police.
Deutsche Bahn, a railroad company, said it was “deeply shocked” by the attack, and that the station’s four platforms were closed while the investigation was ongoing. Following the attack, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called the Hamburg mayor to express his shock.
A number of violent attacks that have elevated security to the top of the agenda have rocked Germany recently.
Source: Aljazeera
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