Man stabbed passengers indiscriminately in Bayern-ICE: investigation details from the night seep through

Several passengers were seriously injured in a knife attack on an ICE in Bavaria.

The police and the public prosecutor provided information at a press conference.

• On Saturday morning there was a knife attack in an ICE from Regensburg to Nuremberg, injuring several people.

  (see first report)

• At a press conference, the police and the public prosecutor presented the findings so far.

  Among other things, it was explained what the suspect said when he was arrested

  (update from November 7th, 1:27 p.m.)

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• This news ticker is updated regularly.

Update from November 7th, 5:18 pm:

The investigations into the perpetrator's family environment continue.

Searches and interrogations took place in Marl in North Rhine-Westphalia, as the authorities in the Upper Palatinate confirmed on Sunday.

According to information from the

, the suspect's father was arrested and interrogated on Sunday night.

At the time, the investigators still assumed a possible terrorist motive.

However, there was no arrest warrant.

The authorities emphasized that there was no evidence of complicity, complicity or assistance.

The 27-year-old is “currently suffering from paranoid schizophrenia” and delusions.

The judge ordered her to be placed in a psychiatric clinic.

After knife attack in ICE in Bavaria: Police are investigating the perpetrator's surroundings

Update from November 7th, 3:39 p.m.:

After the knife attack on Saturday yesterday in an ICE, there was also a search in the Thuringian district of Nordhausen.

This had taken place in the close circle of friends of the suspect, it was said on Sunday in the Bavarian Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate of the investigating public prosecutor.

At a press conference, the police had announced that they were feverishly investigating in order to fully clarify the motive.

There have already been searches around the perpetrator.

(see update at 1:21 p.m.).

The investigators are currently not assuming an act of terrorism.

Seriously injured after knife attack in ICE: Police explain what is known so far

Update from November 7th, 1:31 p.m.:

One day after the knife attack in the ICE 928, the police have not yet been able to determine the motive for the crime.

"The suspect's motives are still unclear," said Police President Norbert Zink on Sunday in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate.

However, initial assessments indicated a psychological impairment.

The suspect, a 27-year-old, was arrested very quickly by the emergency services.

Zink also thanked travelers “who tried to prevent the suspect from further actions”.

A folding knife with a blade length of eight centimeters was seized as the murder weapon.

According to the police, the perpetrator injured four men in the knife attack on the ICE Passau-Nürnberg.

Shortly after Regensburg, he suddenly attacked a 26-year-old man in car 4 and seriously injured his head, said Police Vice President Thomas Schöniger.

After that he had cut the head and torso of a 60-year-old passenger and injuries to another 60-year-old.

Then he switched to car 4 and stabbed a 39-year-old in the body.

After the train stopped in Seubersdorf, patrol officers got on the train and directed the alleged suspect to the ground while holding firearms.

He then allowed himself to be arrested without resistance.

He had a blood-smeared jackknife in his pants.

The two younger victims were still in the hospital on Sunday afternoon, said Schöniger.

The police do not assume a terrorist attack.

There is "no evidence of an Islamist background," said criminal director Sabine Nagel.

According to initial findings, no indications of possible accomplices or confidants have appeared so far.

Update from November 7th, 1:27 p.m.:

In the meantime, the press statement has ended, those present are now answering questions from the journalists.

We will summarize the most important findings again for you shortly.

"I'm sick, I need help," said the 27-year-old during his arrest, the police chief said.

Update from November 7th, 1:21 p.m.:

Sabine Nagel from the criminal investigation department explains that one investigates feverishly in order to completely clear up the motive. The 27-year-old recently lived in an apartment building in Passau; So far, he has only become suspicious of the police once with a “minor fraud”. The day before the crime, he lost his job. The man's environment is now being investigated at high pressure that there have been several searches in this context. The Kripo assumes a lone perpetrator, "there is no evidence of an accomplishment". There is currently nothing to suggest a terrorist background.

Update from November 7th, 1:16 pm:

Gerhard Neuhof from the public prosecutor's office assigns: "Yesterday we called in a psychiatric expert to clarify the question of culpability."

The 27-year-old stated that "he has felt that he has been followed by the police for a long time".

However, that has no relation to reality, says Neuhof.

Knife attack in ICE: suspect felt he was being followed by the police

On the act: he felt threatened by his first victim, the suspect said on the record. At the time of the crime, he was probably suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. He is charged with attempted murder, in the act of grievous bodily harm (in the case of the first victim). In the case of the second victim, the public prosecutor's office investigates attempted manslaughter, in the case of the other victims intentional bodily harm or attempted murder. The accused was brought before the investigating judge today.

Update from November 7th, 1:08 p.m.:

Now police deputy Thomas Schöninger takes over. "We spoke of a life-threatening situation," explains the functionary. The worst had to be expected yesterday. A young woman made the first emergency call on Saturday morning, “the train was occupied by 208 people at the time of the crime”. The attack began suddenly in car 5, the perpetrator stabbed "indiscriminately". The attack continued in the adjoining car.

All available patrol crews were dispatched to the ICE after the emergency call;

the 27-year-old was arrested without resistance.

The suspect resides in the Passau district and is a Syrian citizen.

When he was arrested, he had a blood-smeared knife with him.

"Two victims are still in hospitals," says Schöninger.

The police deputy predicts that the investigation will continue for weeks.

Now he thanks all the volunteers who supported the measures yesterday.

27-year-old stabbed passengers indiscriminately in Bayern-ICE: New findings - police give live details

Update from November 7th, 1:03 p.m.: It starts

almost on time.

The Upper Palatinate Police President Norbert Zink opened.

“We are all shocked by the attack.

This has great implications for everyone involved and for all citizens. ”Such incidents impaired the public's sense of security, says Zink.

He wishes the injured a good recovery, "we must not ignore the psychological after-effects here".

The police chief thanks the witnesses who courageously intervened on the train and those who provided first aid.

The motivation is still unclear, "however, initial assessments indicate a psychological impairment in the suspect".

Many questions are still open.

But one is glad that the perpetrator was caught so quickly.

Update from November 7th, 12:34 p.m.: It

can be eagerly awaited what findings the police and public prosecutor will share at the previously announced press conference (see below).

We report from 1 p.m. in the live ticker.

Update from November 7th, 11:53 am:

The man who stabbed passers-by indiscriminately in an ICE on Saturday and seriously wounded three men is said to have recently lost his job, according to the police.

The 27-year-old suffered from delusions and psychological problems, according to a report from the

The motive of the young Syrian, who has lived in Germany for six years, remains unclear.

A search of his last reported apartment in Passau did not bring any new information, according to police circles.

The suspect's cell phone data have not yet been fully evaluated.

Knife attack in ICE in Bavaria: perpetrators probably psychologically unstable - no signs of terrorist attack

In the attack on Saturday morning, three men aged 26, 29 and 60 were injured by the attacker.

One of the victims was able to leave the clinic in the evening.

A jackknife was seized as a murder weapon.

There are currently no signs of an extremist attack.

Update from November 7th, 8:39 am:

After the bloody knife attack in an ICE from Passau to Hamburg, the background to the crime is still completely unclear.

In the early afternoon there will be a press conference at which the police and the public prosecutor will report on the current status of the investigation.

It is to take place at 1 p.m. in the district office in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, according to an advance notice.

It should also be broadcast live on the police's Facebook page.

Knife attack in ICE: three men injured in attack - police announce press conference

In the train on Saturday morning on the route between Regenburg and Nuremberg, three men aged 26, 39

and 60 were seriously wounded.

The police arrested a 27-year-old Syrian as a suspected perpetrator, who, according to information from the German Press Agency (dpa), has been in Germany since 2014 and who is said to have lived in Passau for the last time.

The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) said the police were working flat out to

clear up

the background to the

terrible act as soon as possible.

So far there are no indications of other perpetrators.

Update from November 6, 6.42 p.m.:

New details about the knife attack in an ICE: Suddenly the door of the compartment was torn open, there was an almost panic-like escape to the rear of the train, reported a 77-year-old passenger opposite the dpa, who was sitting in a different wagon at the time of the attack.

“A knife stabber!

Run back to the end of the train! ”Was called out.

Then he waited, but thank God nothing happened.

He wasn't afraid.

Knife attack in ICE: Dramatic scenes on the train - "A knife stabber!"

Shortly before nine o'clock, among other things, an emergency call was received at the Upper Palatinate police headquarters: "Knife attack on passengers," as police spokesman Florian Beck said. The ICE with 200 to 300 passengers on board stopped at the small Seubersdorf train station. At first, the spokesman could not say whether the 27-year-old was overwhelmed by other passengers or by police officers.

Update from November 6th, 1:57 p.m.:

After the knife attack in an ICE between Regensburg and Nuremberg, the Bavarian Red Cross

to have “cared for three seriously injured people on site and transported them to clinics”.

Around 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 on Saturday afternoon.

110 Red Cross forces are on site, including crisis intervention teams to care for shocked people.

The Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation had previously reported on it.

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.

Update from November 6, 1:07 p.m.:

There are now more details about the attacker. A spokesman for the Upper Palatinate police headquarters said on Saturday lunchtime: “The alleged perpetrator was arrested. There is no evidence that there are other perpetrators. ”The background is still completely unclear.

Spokespersons for the state and federal police did not want to provide any details about the arrested person on request.

According to information from the German press agency from security circles, the suspect is a 27-year-old Syrian.

From security circles it was also said that the attacker injured three people with a knife.

Two of them suffered serious injuries.

The

reported that the arrested person was said to be "mentally abnormal" and called for help on the train.

Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer comments on the knife attack on the ICE

Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer expressed his horror and called for prudence.

"The cruel knife attack on the ICE is terrible," Ministry spokesman Steve Alter quoted him in the short message service Twitter.

Seehofer hopes that the injured and those who witnessed this act will get well quickly and completely.

BM #Seehofer for the #Messerangriff in an #ICE between #Regensburg and #Nuremberg.

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- Steve Alter (@BMI spokesperson) November 6, 2021

Seehofer, who is in office until the formation of a new government, thanked the police forces and the train crew "for their brave efforts".

The CSU politician said the background to the cruel act was still unclear and had to be clarified.

"Only then is an assessment possible."

In the meantime, train traffic between Regensburg and Nuremberg is being diverted via Ingolstadt *.

However, this means a longer journey time of 30 to 60 minutes for passengers, according to a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn.

Several people were injured after a knife attack on the ICE to Nuremberg

Update from November 6th, 11:29 am:

Now there are officially new details about the attack on the ICE in Bavaria.

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."

First report from November 6th, 11 a.m .:

Seubersdorf - In an ICE that was traveling from Regensburg * in the direction of Nuremberg *, there was a knife attack on Saturday.

The police speak of injured.

How seriously the victims are injured and details of the alleged perpetrator are not known at first.

(By the way: Our Bavaria newsletter informs you about all the important stories from the Free State. Register here.)

Knife attack in ICE: Police were able to arrest a person

According to the police headquarters of Upper Palatinate, there was a knife attack in an ICE from Regensburg to Nuremberg on Saturday morning.

The train currently stops in Seubersdorf in the Upper Palatinate.

The police also received an emergency call there at 9:20 a.m.

This approached with a large contingent.

One person was arrested.

The presidium announced that there were probably injuries.

According to information from the

, there should have been three.

This has not yet been officially confirmed.

How badly they were injured was not initially clear.

It is also not known whether the attack is a terrorist attack.

The investigations are still ongoing.

We will report on for you.

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