Police say a person injured 4 with a hammer on a German prepare earlier than he was detained
BERLIN — A person on a long-distance prepare in southern Germany attacked and barely injured 4 individuals with a hammer Thursday earlier than he was detained by police, authorities mentioned.
Police in Straubing mentioned the assault occurred on an ICE categorical prepare headed from the northern Germany metropolis of Hamburg to the Austrian capital of Vienna whereas it was between Straubing and Plattling within the southern state of Bavaria.
About 500 individuals had been on board when the assault occurred, police mentioned.
About 150 cops, firefighters and emergency personnel had been deployed to the scene, police added. The railway line was closed down.
Police initially mentioned the perpetrator used an axe within the assault however later mentioned 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 mentioned that he was overpowered by fellow passengers and had additionally been injured.
The perpetrator “might be considerably extra critically injured,” a police spokesperson advised German information company dpa. He was in police custody and receiving medical remedy.
The 4 injured passengers, who weren’t recognized, had been taken to close by hospitals.
In line with the Bavarian Purple Cross, the emergency providers had been alerted at round 2 p.m. native time, after passengers pulled the emergency brakes. The prepare got here to a halt close to the village of Straßkirchen, dpa reported.
The Purple Cross mentioned a particular care heart was arrange close by to care for passengers. Along with quite a few rescue providers 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 mentioned 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 providers for the short arrest of the suspect.
Germany has seen a number of violent assaults in public areas in latest months.
In Could, a lady stabbed and injured greater than a dozen individuals at Hamburg’s central station. In February, a driver plowed into an illustration in Munich, killing two and injuring greater than 20.
In December, a person killed six and injured greater than 200 when he drove a automobile by way of a Christmas market in Magdeburg.
