As of: February 3, 2024, 4:48 a.m
By: Sebastian Peters, Elias Bartl
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Two people were killed in the Hamburg district of Billstedt at midday.
The police are looking for a possible perpetrator.
Update
from Friday, February 2, 2024, 5:57 p.m.:
According to media information, the victims are said to be the perpetrator's father and uncle.
Accordingly, the son is said to have stabbed the two in front of the construction site, writes the local news paper
MOPO
and the
BILD
newspaper.
However, the police cannot yet confirm this.
Fatal knife attack in Hamburg-Billstedt – murder commission is investigating
Update
from Friday, February 2, 2024, 4:09 p.m.:
After the fatal altercation in Billstedt, the police are continuing the search for the suspect.
A person who was located near the crime scene with the help of the police helicopter was checked by the emergency services, but did not turn out to be the wanted suspect.
The crime scene in Billstedt was cordoned off extensively by the police.
Two people were stabbed behind this privacy fence.
© Sebastian Peters
The area around the crime scene on Druckerstrasse has now been largely cordoned off.
Privacy walls, borrowed from an adjacent construction site, prevent onlookers from seeing the two victims lying on the street.
Three days ago, another fatal incident with a knife occurred in Billstedt, in which a 17-year-old teenager lost his life.
Knife attack in Billstedt – two people die
Update
from Friday, February 2, 2024, 2:19 p.m.:
After the brutal knife attack in Hamburg-Billstedt, the police are still looking for the perpetrator.
Two men were fatally injured by knife wounds at midday.
The police are now assuming that it was a relationship crime.
The police reported this in the afternoon via the short message service X.
Update
from Friday, February 2, 2024, 1:52 p.m.:
Witnesses to the crime report that the two dead were employees of a construction company.
The crime scene is located on a small side street where there is also a construction site.
The police have not yet been able to confirm this and refer to the ongoing investigation.
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The murder squad is investigating the crime scene in Billstedt.
© Lenthe Media
Update
from Friday, February 2, 2024, 1:16 p.m.:
The police are at the scene with a large number of officers and are looking for the attacker, as police spokesman Holger Vehren confirms.
There is so far little information about exactly what happened.
Witnesses reportedly saw a person fleeing the scene.
Meanwhile, the Libelle police helicopter is supporting the search from the air.
First report from Friday, February 2, 2024, 12:45 p.m.:
Hamburg - Major operation for the Hamburg police on Friday morning in the Billstedt district.
The rescue workers were called to Druckerstrasse shortly after 12 p.m.
Two men were lying on the street on site, seriously injured from knife wounds.
An emergency doctor could only determine that the two were dead.
The investigators from the Hamburg police are on duty on Druckerstrasse wearing white protective suits.
© DPA
Police operation in Hamburg: Suspect on the run after a knife attack
After the crime, a suspect fled the scene, a police spokesman confirmed upon request.
The Hamburg police are now looking for this man.
SEK special forces are also deployed on site.
It was initially unclear whether there was a danger to the wider population.
More information will follow shortly.