BROKSTEDT, Germany—Two people were killed and several others injured when a man attacked them with a knife on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said.
Police in the state of Schlewsig-Holstein on the Danish border said the man, who was himself lightly injured, was being treated in hospital. He was arrested at a train stop in the village of Brokstedt.
Three others were seriously injured in the attack and four were lightly injured, authorities said.
There was no information yet on the motive for the attack, police said.
Police officers work near a train station after an incident involving a knife attack took place on a train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in Brokstedt, Germany, on Jan. 25, 2023. (Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)
Police were investigating at the train station in Brokstedt, the German railway Deutsche Bahn said on Twitter, adding some services between the two cities had been cancelled….