In the case of the attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg, in which a man killed two people and injured several on Wednesday, investigators say there is no evidence of a terrorist background.
The spokesman for the Itzehoe public prosecutor's office, Peter Müller-Rakow, told the German Press Agency on Thursday.
On Wednesday afternoon, a man stabbed several passengers while driving.
Brokstedt/Itzehoe - According to the information, the perpetrator is a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian.
He is to be brought before the magistrate in the afternoon.
dpa