The aggressor was arrested in the place while the police ruled out a political mobile and pointed to a possible picture of mental anguish.
A violent knife attack occurred this Friday at the central train station of Hamburg, Germany, left at least 18 people injured, four of them in critical condition and Six of gravity. The episode happened near the 18, local timeamong the platforms 13 and 14just when a train was on one of the platforms.
The aggressor, A 39 -year -old German womanshe was arrested in the place by the police, which deployed a important security operation. In a publication on social network X, the Hamburg police He confirmed that several of the injured people were critical. According to a spokesman of Fire Departmentcited by the AFP agency, the injured were treated both in the platforms and within the train cars, and some presented wounds that endanger their life.
A Disusted recording on social networks It shows the suspect being escorted out of the platform with his hands behind the back, while he was uploaded to a patrolman by the agents. The authorities believe that He acted alone and They ruled out for the moment a political reason. “We thought I was going through A mental anguish situation”, He explained Florian Abbensethpolice spokesman, in statements to the press.
He German Chancellor Friedrich Merzhe described the attack as “shockingAnd thanked the emergency equipment for its rapid intervention. The rail operator Deutsche Bahn He informed that Four platforms of the station they were closed and that several rail services suffered delays and deviations. Hamburg Central Station is one of the Transitated from Germanywith more than 550,000 daily passengersand it is usually crowded during peak time of Fridays.
Recent precedes that concern the authorities
This new episode adds to a worrying chain of violent attacks recently registered in Germany. In Januarya two -year -old boy and a man of 41 were killed in a park Aschaffenburgand other people were injured. In Februarya Spanish tourist was stabbed in it Holocaust memorial in Berlin.
In addition, in last Decembera car rammed a crowd in a Christmas market In the city of Magdeburgcausing the death of Six people And leaving hundreds of injured. In several of these cases, the suspects were Immigrantswhich led the German government to reinforce border controls already put the public debate again the immigration issueespecially for the federal elections held in February.
Source: Ambito
