The woman arrested yesterday (23.05.2025) after attack with a knife on his station Hamburg It presents “clear indications of mental illness,” the German police announced, excluding the possibility of a political incentive in the attack.
The 39 -year -old German will appear before a judge who will decide on the incarceration of the psychiatric institution, police said in a statement. The attack was made shortly after 19:00 (Greek time) on Platform 14 of the Ice 855 Treasury, which would run the Hamburg – Munich route.
“There is no evidence that the suspect was under the influence of psychotropic substances (alcohol or drugs) during the act,” the statement said.
The woman suddenly started attacking with a knife indiscriminately to passengers waiting to board the train. Eyewitnesses spoke of panic scenes.
Hamburg police and the federal police who are constantly on the station with powerful forces intervened in seconds, disarmed and stopped the woman, who, according to Bild, is a German national, known to the police. Police estimate that he acted alone, without an accomplice.
Immediately afterwards, rescue workshops arrived at the station and some of the injured received first aid in the train wagons. The area was blocked and access to the station was for hours was impossible, and partly the train traffic, which will be gradually restored.