Several people were injured in a knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg on Wednesday – there are two fatalities, a teenager and a young man.
Fatal
knife attack
in a
regional train
: The alleged perpetrator was psychiatrically assessed
Arrest warrant issued
against
suspected perpetrator
: He is accused of two treacherous murders.
Knife attack
on a
regional train
: According to the police, the two victims are a 17-year-old teenager and a 19-year-old man
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 27, 8:01 a.m.:
During the day
After the knife attack in a regional train in which two people were killed, the Brokstedt Evangelical Lutheran Church community wants to commemorate the victims.
According to the Altholstein church district, a prayer service is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Friday in the Brokstedt church.
Visitors can light a candle.
Thanks should also be given to the rescue workers.
Fatal knife attack in a regional train: The alleged perpetrator was psychiatrically assessed – “No harm to others or self”
Update from January 26, 9 p.m.:
A few days before the fatal knife attack on the regional train from Kiel to Hamburg, the alleged perpetrator was psychiatrically assessed.
No particular abnormalities were found.
As part of his almost one-year pre-trial detention for a violent crime, he had received psychiatric care in Hamburg's Billwerder correctional facility, the Hamburg judicial authority said on Thursday.
The reason for the care had been assaults in which he had been involved twice during his detention.
"Shortly before the release, a psychiatrist found no harm to others or to himself," said a spokeswoman for the authorities.
Therefore, there were no reliable indications to apply for legal support or to turn on the social psychiatric service.
"Unlike when an arrest warrant is revoked, there are no options to impose conditions or instructions when it is revoked."
Fatal knife attack near Hamburg: Minister of the Interior questions the authorities' handling of the alleged perpetrator
Update from January 26, 7:20 p.m .:
The processing after the knife attack in a regional train in Brokstedt near Hamburg begins.
Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) questions the way the authorities are dealing with the suspected perpetrator, who has previously committed a crime, after the deadly bloody crime in Schleswig-Holstein.
It must be clarified, "how could it be that such a perpetrator was still here in the country," said the interior minister on Thursday during a visit to Brokstedt.
"How could it happen that he was no longer in a correctional facility with so many criminal records.
How could it happen that he was released from custody so early.”
Faeser did not want her statements after the deadly knife attack near Hamburg to be understood as criticism of the Hamburg court's decision.
"This isn't about assigning blame."
It's about "that we have to work out where mistakes happened." Not least because of its own "dark history", Germany has a "humanitarian obligation to also take in refugees," she said.
"We have to investigate why people who are so violent are still here in Germany."
According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), a granted protection status can be revoked under certain conditions.
This could be the case with a person entitled to subsidiary protection, "if the foreigner has committed a serious crime or poses a threat to the general public or to the security of the Federal Republic of Germany," said a spokesman for the residence status of the alleged perpetrator.
Fatal knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg: Subsidiary protection status could be revoked
Shortly before the knife attack in the regional train on the way from Kiel to Hamburg, the 33-year-old attacker had been released from the Billwerder correctional facility, where he was in custody for a violent crime, by order of the Hamburg Regional Court.
According to the authorities, since entering Germany in 2014, he has repeatedly committed violent crimes.
The man had been granted subsidiary protection status, which protected him from deportation.
However, this status should be lifted in the meantime – the current status was unclear on Thursday.
Knife attack in Zug near Hamburg: Faeser and Günther lay flowers in Brokstedt
Update from January 26, 6:37 p.m .:
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) and Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU) thought of the victims of the fatal knife attack at the train station in Brokstedt.
Together with Schleswig-Holstein's Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) and Brokstedt's Mayor Clemens Preine, they laid white roses at the shelter on the platform.
Afterwards they wanted to speak to police officers, firefighters and paramedics who were involved in the operation on Wednesday.
It was important to her "to be able to thank the people who were here and helped so quickly," said Faeser.
Knife attack in regional train to Hamburg: Arrest warrant issued against alleged perpetrator
Update from January 26, 4:31 p.m .:
In the afternoon, the alleged perpetrator was brought before the magistrate.
He was remanded in custody for two counts of treacherous murder and four counts of attempted manslaughter.
This was announced by a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office responsible for the investigation in Itzehoe.
Accordingly, the responsible magistrate corresponded to the arrest warrant against the man requested by the authority.
Update from January 26, 4:25 p.m .:
Even after the press conference, much about the deadly knife attack remains unclear.
The investigative authorities continue to try to clarify the background.
The motive of the perpetrator is initially still unclear.
"Not the slightest indication" is there for a terrorist background, said Carsten Ohlrogge, senior public prosecutor Itzehoe on Thursday.
"We also have no evidence of other things that could have been the cause of this commission of the crime.
We also have no evidence of a long-planned onslaught or anything like that.”
The two fatalities attended a school in Neumünster.
This was announced by Schleswig-Holstein's Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU).
She announced that she would be in Neumünster on Friday to speak to the school management, teachers and fellow students.
Knife attack in Zug: the background to the fact after the press conference is still unclear
Update from January 26, 2:35 p.m .:
At around ten o’clock the alleged perpetrator appeared at an information point in Kiel on Wednesday.
From there he was referred to the residents' registration office.
He never showed up there.
He was not behaving abnormally on Wednesday.
A lot of evidence was found - including luggage.
This is now to be investigated, informs Frank Matthiesen, head of the police department.
Knife attack on a regional train: The perpetrator came to Germany in 2014
Update from January 26, 2:28 p.m .:
According to the regulation in Schleswig-Holstein, the alleged perpetrator is not considered an “intensive offender”, according to Carsten Ohlrogge, senior prosecutor Itzehoe.
He has not yet committed a criminal offense in the state.
Before that, however, he was already in custody.
"It was the first case of incarceration, and also without parole," he says.
The penalty was not final.
From "2020 to 2021" the 33-year-old lived in a refugee accommodation in Kiel, according to Christian Zierau, Kiel City Council.
He was banned from entering the building because he had violated the house rules several times.
The alleged perpetrator came to Germany in 2014.
A journalist asks which country he came from.
"I can't answer that," Zierau continued.
Sütterlin-Waack explains that they are in close contact with the authorities in Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, where the 33-year-old had committed a crime.
He applied for asylum several years ago in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Knife attack in Hamburg-Zug: initially no details on the motive of the perpetrator
Update from January 26, 2:21 p.m .:
Something very “terrible” happened yesterday, according to the minister.
Her thoughts are with the victims of yesterday's crime.
Some questions are still open, others have already been answered.
It is not possible to make a political conclusion today.
The deeds are still "too fresh" for that, says Sütterlin-Waack.
She confirms that a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old died in the knife attack.
The two victims knew each other.
Five other people were injured in addition to the two dead.
Two of them suffered life-threatening injuries.
They are still in the hospital, as is a third victim, Sütterlin-Waack said.
In addition, there is the perpetrator, who was also slightly injured during the arrest.
“After 24 witness statements, the perpetrator was overpowered on the train.
How he was injured is unclear,” says Sütterlin-Waack.
The perpetrator did not resist his arrest.
He is currently in police custody.
There are no interrogation results yet.
Thus, at first no key could be drawn to the perpetrator's motive.
The 33-year-old is due to be brought before a magistrate today.
Update from January 26, 2:16 p.m .:
The press conference on the deadly knife attack begins.
Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of the Interior, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, and the head of the Itzehoe Police Department, Frank Matthiesen, provide information on the status of the investigation.
Knife attack on the train in Brokstedt: the victims knew each other
Update from January 26, 1:40 p.m .:
New details in the case of the deadly knife attack on a train near Brokstedt in Schleswig-Holstein: shortly before the crime, the alleged perpetrator was in the Kiel immigration office on Wednesday.
The 33-year-old has applied for a residence card, said Schleswig-Holstein's Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) on Thursday in a special session of the state parliament.
From there he was sent to the registration office.
Further information is also available about the victims.
A 17-year-old and a 19-year-old from the region died.
"They knew each other," says Sütterlin-Waack.
In the morning, the minister had given the girl's age as 16.
Sütterlin-Waack also updated the number of injuries.
Accordingly, five people and the perpetrator himself were injured.
Initially, seven were injured.
Three people are still in the hospital, two of whom have been operated on, said Sütterlin-Waack.
Two other travelers have already been released from the hospital.
From 2 p.m. Sütterlin-Waack and the head of the Itzehoe police department, Frank Matthiesen, will provide information on the current status of the investigation in a press conference.
Update from January 26, 12:27 p.m .:
According to dpa information, Brokstedt’s alleged perpetrator was reported for several years in Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia and was repeatedly conspicuous for various crimes.
According to security circles, it was, among other things, proceedings for threats, bodily harm, property damage, shoplifting and sexual harassment.
Several media had previously reported.
According to the
picture
, the crimes took place between 2015 and 2020 in Euskirchen, Bonn, Bad Münstereifel and Cologne.
Knife attack in Zug near Brokstedt: The alleged perpetrator was in the JVA Hamburg until recently
Update from January 26, 11:31 a.m .:
Until recently, Brokstedt’s alleged perpetrator was still in a Hamburg correctional facility (JVA).
The reason was a bodily injury offense, the police said on Thursday.
According to dpa information, the man was housed in the Hamburg JVA Billwerder.
Most recently, the stateless Palestinian was without a permanent address, according to the police.
Update from January 26, 10:54 a.m .:
According to the police, there was no video surveillance in the regional train.
Police have set up a phone number for witnesses and are asking passengers on the train who have not yet spoken to police to call +49 4821 602 2002.
The police said on Thursday that the citizen phone can now be reached under the number.
Knife attack in Zug: police give new findings – fatalities 16 and 19 years old
Update from January 26, 10:12 a.m .:
The two fatalities of the attack are a 16-year-old teenager and a 19-year-old man.
That's what Schleswig-Holstein's Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack said on Thursday before the start of a state parliament session.
Parliament began its session with a minute's silence for the victims of the attack, which also left seven people injured.
"The parents are now informed," said the CDU politician.
The injured are taken care of.
When asked about a motive for the crime, she explained: "We are working flat out to collect all the facts".
There will be more information at a press conference scheduled for 2 p.m.
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In Brokstedt there was a fatal knife attack on a regional train.
The police are on site.
© Sebastian Peters
According to a police spokeswoman, both victims suffered severe stab wounds, which led to their death.
The criminal police were able to secure the stabbing weapon of the perpetrator.
She did not initially give any details.
Knife attack in Zug near Brokstedt: Victims are a woman and a man
Update from January 26, 9.34 a.m
.: The two victims of the fatal attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg are a man and a woman.
“One of the victims is female and one is male.
Everything else will follow during the day," said a police spokeswoman in Itzehoe on Thursday.
The identities of the two dead have also been clarified.
"We'll definitely say something today." The condition and severity of the injuries to the other victims was initially unclear in the morning.
The spokeswoman was initially unable to say whether there had already been an autopsy on the two fatalities.
Both would have had severe stab wounds that led to death.
The criminal police were able to secure the stabbing weapon of the perpetrator.
She did not initially give any details.
Knife attack in a regional train: Schleswig-Holstein with mourning flags
Update from January 26, 6:19 a.m
.: To commemorate the victims of the fatal knife attack in a regional train, mourning flags will be displayed in Schleswig-Holstein this Thursday.
The flags will be flown at half-mast on the official buildings of all authorities and departments in the country, as Interior Secretary Magdalena Finke announced.
She also called on all districts and communities to follow the example.
In the evening, the police announced that the investigation was ongoing.
The police measures have been completed on site in Brokstedt, and the train has now left the station.
Schleswig-Holstein's Justice Minister Kerstin von der Decken (CDU) announced that a help line had been set up for those affected.
Knife attack in a regional train: investigations into the identity of the dead
Update from January 25, 10:12 p.m
.: At the time of the fact, there were around 120 passengers on the RE 70 regional express from Kiel to Hamburg.
Two people have been killed and seven injured.
"The identities of those killed and injured have not yet been established without a doubt," said the Itzehoe police on Wednesday evening and announced further information for Thursday.
The police measures have been completed on site at Brokstedt station, it is also said.
The train has left the station.
Knife attacks in trains and stations are no longer isolated cases.
Similar incidents have happened again and again in recent years.
Mourning flags after deadly knife attack in regional train
Update from January 25, 10 p.m
.: To commemorate the victims, the Ministry of the Interior in Schleswig-Holstein has ordered mourning flags on the buildings of all authorities and departments in the state.
The flags should be flown at half-mast on Thursday, the ministry said.
Among other things, the ministry recommends that the districts and municipalities join the mourning flag display.
Two dead in a knife attack on the train: courageous passengers confront the perpetrators
Update from January 25, 9:20 p.m
.: Almost six hours after the knife attack with two dead and seven injured in a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg, normal traffic on the route slowly started again in the evening, reports the dpa news agency.
The police released the Brokstedt train station shortly after 8.30 p.m., said a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn.
The train had left the station.
Firefighters are cleaning the platform, which has become the scene of a crime but also a place where some passengers have been particularly brave.
Witnesses held the attacker until emergency services arrived.
They "probably prevented the perpetrator from committing worse things," said Schleswig-Holstein's Minister of the Interior, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, and thanked those who were "brave enough" to "oppose the perpetrator."
On the train, travelers would have thrown suitcases at the attacker, writes the
picture
.
Panic after a knife attack on a regional train: an eyewitness describes dramatic scenes
Update from January 25, 8:47 p.m
.: A visibly shaken eyewitness describes on ntv how the passengers fled the train.
"Suddenly all the passengers ran out with all their might." Then he took his things and ran after them.
With more than five cars, everything was covered in blood.
After the knife attack with two dead in the regional train, many questions are still unanswered.
Read here what is known about the act and its background - and what is not.
According to the police, 120 people were on the train at the time of the knife attack.
"It must have been a very big mess," said a spokeswoman for the Itzehoe police on Wednesday evening.
After the attack, about 70 witnesses were questioned and cared for by the police.
The state government has set up a help line for those affected.
Update from January 25, 8 p.m
.: The horror after the deadly knife attack in a commuter train from Kiel and Hamburg is great.
Two people were killed and seven injured, three seriously.
Brokstedt station is cordoned off by the police.
Investigators secure traces at the crime scene in the 200-inhabitant village.
Dramatic scenes must have occurred in the regional express shortly before 3 p.m.
According to eyewitnesses, panic broke out on the train.
Around 2:55 p.m., a 33-year-old stabbed passengers with a stabbing weapon, according to the police.
Police received several emergency calls.
The train was then stopped at Brokstedt station.
Then the action shifted to the platform.
Fatal knife attack in the regional train: Alleged perpetrators are accused of at least twelve criminal offenses
Update from January 25, 7:22 p.m
.: After the deadly knife attack in the regional express, the identity of the alleged perpetrator has been determined, according to the Itzehoe police.
It is a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian.
The man was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The 33-year-old from Gaza traveled, according to
Spiegel
information in December 2014 in the Federal Republic.
Accordingly, he received subsidiary protection in July 2016, although proceedings for the withdrawal of this title would have been initiated.
Most recently, A. lived in the Kiel area.
The alleged perpetrator is known to the police.
He was accused of at least twelve criminal offenses, it is said.
These included dangerous bodily harm, sexual assault, bank card abuse and threats.
As previously reported, he was released from custody six days ago.
The police have set up a citizen hotline on 04821/6022100.
About 120 passengers were traveling on the commuter train when the 33-year-old suspect stabbed travelers with a stabbing weapon.
Many of them still have to make their statements, reports
ntv.de.
Knife attack on the train between Kiel and Hamburg: What is known about the course of events?
Around 2:55 p.m., the first emergency calls were received by the police: a man was about to attack travelers with a stabbing weapon.
The regional express from Kiel to Hamburg was stopped at Brokstedt station (Schleswig-Holstein) around 3 p.m.
On the Brokstedt platform, passengers overwhelmed the knife attacker and held him until the police arrived.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested.
Two passengers died in the knife attack on the regional train, and others were injured.
"It's a terrible day" - Prime Minister Günther makes a statement after the knife attack
Update from January 25, 7:07 p.m
.: Prime Minister Daniel Günther makes a statement to the press.
He is deeply saddened and dismayed by this senseless act.
"It's a terrible day," said Günther.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) also expressed her sympathy after the knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg.
"All our thoughts are with the victims of this terrible act and their families," the politician wrote on Twitter.
This is "devastating news".
Fatal knife attack on a commuter train: The alleged perpetrator is said to have been in custody a week ago
Update from January 25, 6:33 p.m
.: The police are on site with a large contingent at Brokstedt station (Schleswig-Holstein).
Two people were killed and several injured in a knife attack on the regional train from Kiel to Hamburg.
One injured person is still in mortal danger.
The police are currently trying to get an overview.
"The background is still unclear, as is the identity of the victims," said the police spokeswoman.
There are different reports on the number of people injured in the media.
Also for the age of the alleged perpetrator.
According to the police, he is said to be between 20 and 30 years old.
According to a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry, he is between 24 and 35 years old.
The suspect has been arrested and is being treated at the hospital.
According to information from
24hamburg.de
, it is said to be a stateless Palestinian.
As the
world
reports, the alleged perpetrator is said to have been in custody until almost a week ago.
He is said to have already attracted the attention of the police for violent and sexual offenses.
The dpa news agency had previously reported that the alleged attacker had not yet been noticed as an extremist, but that he was said to have made a mentally confused impression when he was arrested.
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In Brokstedt there was a fatal knife attack on a regional train.
The police are on site.
© Sebastian Peters
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 vom 25. Januar, 17.06 Uhr: Am Bahnhof Brokstedt (Schleswig-Holstein) sind zwei Menschen bei einem Messerangriff am Mittwochnachmittag ums Leben gekommen. Fünf Menschen wurden verletzt. Ein Unbekannter soll mit einem Messer Reisende am Bahnsteig attackiert haben. Anfangs wurde berichtet, dass sich der Angriff in einem Regionalzug auf dem Weg nach Hamburg ereignete.
Die Tat ereignete sich kurz vor 15 Uhr vor der Ankunft eines Zuges im Bahnhof Brokstedt im Kreis Steinburg. Der mutmaßliche Täter wurde am Bahnhof Brokstedt von der Polizei festgenommen. Hintergründe seien noch unklar. Die Polizei sperrte den Bahnhof großräumig ab.
Update vom 25. Januar, 16.47 Uhr: Die Bundespolizei bestätigt zwei Tote bei dem Messerangriff im Zug, teilt die Nachrichtenagentur afp mit.
Messerattacke im Regionalzug: Polizei bestätigt zwei Tote und fünf Verletzte
Update vom 25. Januar, 16.43 Uhr: Bei einer Messerattacke in einem Regionalzug von Kiel nach Hamburg sind zwei Menschen getötet und fünf verletzt worden. Das sagte die Innenministerin von Schleswig-Holstein, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur am Mittwoch.
Bahnhof Brokstedt nach Messerattacke gesperrt: Hintergründe der Tat noch unklar
Original message from January 25:
On 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 the 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)
List of rubrics: © Sebastian Peters
