After the knife attack in an ICE, the background is still unclear.
The police want to comment on Sunday.
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According to preliminary information from security circles, the knife attack in an ICE on Saturday should not have preceded a dispute, reports the German press agency.
According to initial reports, the 27-year-old attacker from Passau, who came to Germany from Syria in 2014 and recently lost his job, may have suffered from mental health problems and delusions.
The police did not comment on the possible motive before the press conference planned for Sunday afternoon.
In the ICE 928 Passau-Hamburg, three men aged 26, 39 and 60 were seriously wounded on Saturday morning and were taken to hospitals.
According to the police, one of the victims was able to leave the clinic on Saturday evening.
A collapsible knife with a blade length of eight centimeters is said to have been seized as the murder weapon.
So far, nothing is known about a possible extremist background to the knife attack.
Live: knife attack in the ICE - police give press conference
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The press conference on the knife attack in the ICE from Passau to Hamburg is scheduled for 1 p.m.
According to information from the "Bild" newspaper, the investigators are now assuming a mental disorder in the alleged perpetrator.
A terrorist background is therefore considered to be rather unlikely.
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The background to the knife attack in the ICE from Passau to Hamburg is still completely unclear.
The police and the public prosecutor's office now want to inform the public about the status of the investigation in a press conference on Sunday (November 7th).
The press conference is to take place in the morning in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate.
Police President Norbert Zink, two other police officers and the Chief Public Prosecutor Gerhard Neuhof will answer questions on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The press conference is to be broadcast live on the Facebook page of the Upper Palatinate Police.
"Here the details of the events are presented," announced the police.
Knife attack in the ICE - witnesses describe the act on the train
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Opposite the German Press Agency (dpa), a 21-year-old resident of the Seubersdorf community, at whose station the train came to a stop, said: "When I saw it, I actually already knew that something had happened" , as normally no express trains stop in Seubersorf.
The train had moved here after three people had been seriously injured in a knife attack minutes earlier.
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Rail travelers are brought to a coach.
Three people were seriously injured in a knife attack on the ICE Passau-Hamburg on Saturday.
© Angelika Warmuth / dpa
Nothing is known about a motive of the 27-year-old alleged perpetrator.
The man was arrested, but many details were still unknown.
A police spokesman said: "The background to the crime is still completely unclear." He also stated that it was apparently a single perpetrator.
Now the Regensburg police are investigating in coordination with the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor's office, said police spokesman Florian Beck.
Witnesses would be heard.
The victims are said to be three men aged 26, 39 and 60, as the dpa said, citing "security circles".
A 77-year-old passenger reports that the door of the compartment was suddenly thrown open and that there was “an almost panic-like escape to the rear of the train”.
The man who was sitting in another car also reported that “A stabber!
Run back to the end of the train! ”Had been shouted.
He himself waited, "Thank God nothing happened".
He was not afraid, he said.
Knife attack in ICE: Several injured - "Suspected perpetrator arrested"
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Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) expressed dismay at the knife attack in an ICE, in which several people were injured. "The cruel knife attack on the ICE is terrible," said Seehofer. “I hope that the injured and those who witnessed what happened will get well quickly and completely.” Seehofer especially thanked the police and the train staff “for their brave efforts, which prevented even worse things from happening”.
In the meantime, the Bavarian Red Cross has “cared for three seriously injured people on site and transported them to clinics”.
About 200 to 300 passengers evacuated from the train are currently being looked after in a hall near the Seubersdorf train station in the Neumarkt district in Upper Palatinate, a spokesman said.
110 Red Cross forces are on site, including crisis intervention teams to care for shocked people.
The Red Cross spokesman did not comment on the identity of the injured and pointed out that the police situation was not yet over.
The hearing of witnesses is still ongoing.
Knife attack in the ICE between Regensburg and Nuremberg: "Suspected perpetrator arrested"
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After the knife attack in an ICE between Regensburg and Nuremberg, the police are still
reluctant
to provide more detailed information about the perpetrator and the injured.
A spokesman for the Upper Palatinate police headquarters said: “The alleged perpetrator was arrested.
There is no evidence that there are other perpetrators. ”Several people were injured.
He couldn't say anything about the exact number and severity of the injuries.
From security sources it was said that the attacker injured three people with the knife.
Two of them suffered serious injuries.
Spokespersons for the state and federal police did not want to provide any details about the arrested person when asked by the dpa.
Knife attack in the ICE between Regensburg and Nuremberg: Several injured - one arrest
First report
: Seubersdorf - In an ICE between Regensburg and Nuremberg there was a knife attack on Saturday. Several people were injured, the police said. The train is currently in Seubersdorf in the Neumarkt district in Upper Palatinate, said a spokesman for the federal police. According to current knowledge, none of the injured is in mortal danger. The Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation had previously reported on it.
According to the Upper Palatinate Police Headquarters, the police were informed at around 9 a.m. “that there were to be attacks on passengers in an ICE.
The police arrested a male shortly afterwards.
According to initial findings, several people were injured. ”There is currently no longer any danger.
"At the moment there are no more detailed information about the people involved." The police are on site with a large number.
A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn said the Regenburg-Nuremberg line had been closed since around 9 a.m.
"At the moment the trains are being held back at suitable stations." There was initially no information on the background to the incident.
The police spokeswoman emphasized that the investigation was still ongoing.
(red / dpa / afp)
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