Man with axe attacks passengers on German train
Several people critically wounded, says a police spokesperson
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BERLIN:
A man with an axe attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the attack happened on a local train near the city of Wuerzburg.
He could not confirm media reports that the attacker had been shot dead and said the police operation was still ongoing.
The rail line between Würzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed, the police spokesperson added. There was no indication of the motive for the attack.
Attacker was 17-year-old Afghan - Bavarian minister
The attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan refugee who was living in the town of Ochsenfurt, Bavaria's interior minister said.
Joachim Herrmann told public broadcaster ARD that the young man, who was later shot dead by police, appeared to have made his way to Germany as an unaccompanied minor.
Herrmann declined to speculate about the motive for the attack.
A man with an axe attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the attack happened on a local train near the city of Wuerzburg.
He could not confirm media reports that the attacker had been shot dead and said the police operation was still ongoing.
The rail line between Würzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed, the police spokesperson added. There was no indication of the motive for the attack.
Attacker was 17-year-old Afghan - Bavarian minister
The attacker was a 17-year-old Afghan refugee who was living in the town of Ochsenfurt, Bavaria's interior minister said.
Joachim Herrmann told public broadcaster ARD that the young man, who was later shot dead by police, appeared to have made his way to Germany as an unaccompanied minor.
Herrmann declined to speculate about the motive for the attack.