In recent months, Germany has watched a series of deadly stabbing that shocked the country, as well as the attacks motivated by Islamic extremists and far-right violence who brought to the ribalties of security and immigration issues to the ribal.
The suspicion of a knife attack at the Hamburg Central Station, which caused 18 injuries, has “very concrete indications of a mental illness,” German police told the hypothesis of political motivations on Saturday.
“There is no evidence that the suspicion was under the influence of psychotropic substances (alcohol and drugs) at the time of the incident,” the police added, without adding more details about his psychiatric history.
From this attack, which took place at the Hamburg Central Station, in northern Germany, an hour of a lot of movement, 18 injuries were resulted among the passengers waiting for the train on one of the platforms.
Of the 18 victims, aged between 19 and 85, seven suffered mild injuries and four injuries considered very serious, according to the last report released by the police.
Among these four most serious injuries, whose clinical picture is now classified as stable, are a woman and a 24 -year -old man, a 52 -year -old woman and one 85 -year -old.
The suspicion, a 39 -year -old German, was arrested shortly afterwards, having not offered any resistance. It should be heard today by a judge, who may decide to be hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital.
In recent months, Germany has watched a series of deadly stabbing that shocked the country, as well as the attacks motivated by Islamic extremists and far-right violence who brought to the ribal of security and immigration issues.
Last Saturday, four people were injured in a knife attack in the west of the country.
The presumed author was a 35 -year Syrian detained by the authorities, who suspect an attack with Islamist motivations.
The man attacked a group of people at the door of a bar in the center of Bielefeld before fleeing.
Hamburg station, Germany’s second largest city, is an important center for local, regional and long distance trains.
