Knife attack on train in Germany leaves several people injured
One man arrested in connection to the attack
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Your support makes all the difference.A knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely injured.
Local police said they received a call about the attack around 9am local time. The train in question, one of Germany's high-speed ICE (Intercity-Express) trains, was travelling between the Bavarian cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg, and was near Neumarkt at the time of the attack.
A spokesperson for the Oberpfalz police authority said: “There has been an attack on an ICE train and police shortly afterwards arrested a male person, and several people were injured”.
The spokesperson added that there was no evidence that other attackers remained at large.
The Bavarian Red Cross , which had 110 responders at the scene of the attack, said that they had processed three “severely injured” people who have since been taken to a local clinic. Police had previously said that several people were injured in the attack but were unable to provide a specific number.
A spokesperson for the organisation added that between 200 and 300 people were removed from the station and were now being taken care of at a nearby location.
The German railway network confirmed that the station in Seubersdorf, where the train is currently stopped, has been closed since approximately 9am and that train travel between Regensburg and Nuremberg has been suspended. Bavarian state police remain on the scene.
German interior minister Horst Seehofer called the attack “terrible” and noted that although the motive was unknown, police investigators had ruled out links to terrorism. No additional information has been released about the attacker or possible motives.
Mr Seehofer added that people in the municipality of Seubersdorf faced no “acute danger,” and said: “I hope that those injured and those who witnessed this will recover quickly and completely”.
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