At least 17 people were injured in a knife attack at the central train station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday evening, according to the local fire department.
Four of the victims are in critical condition, a spokesperson from the fire department said, adding that all the victims were hospitalized.
The Hamburg police said they believed that a 39-year-old woman had acted alone in carrying out the attack, but the investigation was ongoing. The police did not immediately release a possible motive.
The attack occurred between tracks 13 and 14, according to local news reports, in front of a waiting long-distance train.
Hamburg’s central train station is Germany’s busiest, and one of its most dangerous, according to the police. Because of the number of violent altercations there, the city declared the station and its surroundings a weapons-free zone, essentially giving the police more power to search and arrest potential troublemakers.
This is the second major knife attack in Germany this week.
On Monday, the police arrested a man suspected of carrying out a knife attack on Sunday outside a bar in Bielefeld, in western Germany, wounding five people.
The authorities say the 35-year-old man arrived from Syria in 2023 and had been granted temporary protective status.
In that case, the man told police through a translation app that he supported the Islamic State terrorist organization, Der Spiegel reported.
The police say they seized two long kitchen knives, as well as a knife attached to a stick, in a backpack at the crime scene, which they believe belonged to the suspect. They also seized a plastic bottle of gasoline.
Eve Sampson is a reporter covering international news and a member of the 2024-25 Times Fellowship class, a program for journalists early in their careers.
Christopher F. Schuetze is a reporter for The Times based in Berlin, covering politics, society and culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Clay Risen is a Times reporter on the Obituaries desk.
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