2 dead, 5 injured in German train knife attack


  • World
  • Thursday, 26 Jan 2023

FRANKFURT, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and five injured in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany on Wednesday, officials said.

A man attacked passengers with a knife on a train traveling from Kiel to Hamburg shortly before 3:00 p.m. local time before arriving at Brokstedt station. He was arrested shortly afterwards, a police spokesman said.

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