Several people were injured in a knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg on Wednesday – there are two fatalities.
Brockstedt train station is cordoned off.
Police
comment on the
alleged
perpetrator
: man between the ages of 20 and 30
Knife attack
on the
regional train
: Police confirm two dead and five injured
Brokstedt station
closed after a
knife attack
: the background to the crime is still unclear
This news ticker about the knife attack at Brokstedt train station (Schleswig-Holstein) is updated regularly.
Update from January 25, 5:59 p.m
.: According to a spokeswoman for the Itzehoe police, the alleged perpetrator is said to be a young man between the ages of 20 and 30.
Police to the alleged perpetrator: man between the ages of 20 and 30 years
According to preliminary findings, the alleged attacker had not previously been noticed as an extremist.
As the dpa news agency learned from security circles, there are initial indications that the perpetrator could be mentally confused.
Knife attack at Brokstedt train station – emergency calls to the police were received at 2:45 p.m
Update from January 25, 5:37 p.m
.: Two people died in the knife attack at Brokstedt station.
Three others were seriously injured and two slightly injured, police said.
Apparently, the alleged perpetrator attacked the travelers on the train shortly before arriving at Brokstedt station.
According to initial findings, the first emergency calls were received by the police around 2:45 p.m.
At Brokstedt station, passengers were pushed onto the platform.
The alleged perpetrator was overpowered there by first responders and emergency services.
The attacker was also injured in the act, a police spokeswoman confirmed to journalists.
He was admitted to a clinic.
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A police officer is standing in front of a regional train in Brokstedt.
On Wednesday, January 25, there was a knife attack
© Sebastian Peters
Current information on the act of violence in the Kiel Hamburg RE 7 commuter train
Update from January 25, 5:06 p.m
.: Two people died in a knife attack on Wednesday afternoon at Brokstedt station (Schleswig-Holstein).
Five people were injured.
A stranger is said to have attacked travelers on the platform with a knife.
Initially, it was reported that the attack occurred on a regional train en route to Hamburg.
The crime happened shortly before 3 p.m. before the arrival of a train at Brokstedt station in the Steinburg district.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested by the police at Brokstedt station.
Backgrounds are still unclear.
The police cordoned off the station over a large area.
Update from January 25, 4:47 p.m
.: The federal police confirmed two dead in the knife attack on the train, the afp news agency announced.
Knife attack on the regional train: Police confirm two dead and five injured
Update from January 25, 4:43 p.m
.: Two people were killed and five injured in a knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg.
The Interior Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, told the German Press Agency on Wednesday.
Brokstedt station closed after a knife attack: the background to the crime is still unclear
Original message from January 25:
In the train from Kiel to Hamburg, a man is said to have attacked travelers with a knife shortly before 3 p.m. before arriving at Brokstedt station.
According to the first findings, seven people were injured, reports the dpa news agency.
According to
24hamburg.de
, there should also have been deaths.
RTL also reports on this, citing a spokesman for the federal police.
"So far I can't confirm anything," said press spokesman for the Federal Police Wulf Winterhoff at the request of
Merkur.de from
IPPEN.MEDIA - as of 4:28 p.m.
Knife attack in the regional train from Kiel to Hamburg: several injured
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Two dead in a knife attack on a regional train: Police and fire brigade and rescue services are deployed at a level crossing near Brokstedt station.
© Jonas Walzberg/dpa
Police officers arrested the alleged perpetrator shortly afterwards in Brokstedt, reports dpa.
The background is still unclear.
The station was closed for police measures.
Train traffic has been standing still since 2:57 p.m., reports the
Kieler Nachrichten
.
The train is said to be the RE 7.
#RE7 #RE70 #RegioSH #HVV Partial cancellations and delays between Wrist and Brokstedt.
Reason: police action.
Please check travel connections before the train departs.
— DB Regio Schleswig-Holstein (@DBRegio_SH) January 25, 2023
According to media reports, the area around the train station in Brokstedt is cordoned off by the police.
Several ambulances are on site.
A rescue helicopter landed nearby.
(dpa/ml)
