The essentials According to local police, a knife attack on a German regional train has claimed two lives. The alleged perpetrator was arrested.
At least two people were killed and several injured in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany, local police said on Wednesday, January 25. The suspected perpetrator had been arrested. The attack happened in the afternoon on a regional train between Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein) and Hamburg, said a spokesman for the Flensburg police.
The alleged perpetrator was arrested at Brokstedt station, where the regional train was shut down. The motive for the attack has not yet been determined, according to police. A large number of police vehicles and ambulances are deployed around the station, according to photos published by the daily Bild. Deutsche Bahn has announced that trains on main routes are canceled.
The fear of a jihadi attack
German authorities have remained vigilant in the face of the jihadist threat in recent years, particularly since a ramming truck attack claimed by the Islamic State group killed 12 in December 2016 in Berlin. This jihadist attack is the deadliest ever perpetrated on German soil. Another threat looms over Germany, embodied by the extreme right, after several deadly attacks in recent years targeting community or religious sites.
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