Germany Mass Stat Suspect has ‘psychological illness’: Police | world News

Police said on Saturday that a German woman accused a mass stabbing attack, which injures 18 people at a train station in Hamburg.The suspected, a 39 -year -old woman, on Friday, is accused of a stabbing race at the main station in Hamburg, surprisingly the northern city in the middle of the evening crowd.The woman has “very clear indications of psychological illness”, the police said in a statement, without giving more information about her situation.He said that there were no signs under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack, seriously injured to four victims.Police said the woman was subdued by two passers -by and law enforcement officers, then taken into custody at the scene without opposing the arrest.She was later scheduled to appear before a judge on Saturday.Police say they have denied a “political motive” for the attack and believe that the suspect has worked alone.The victims are 19 to 85 years old.Police said there were a 24 -year -old man and three women in four critical condition, whose age was 24, 52 and 85.Emergency officials initially said that their wounds were fatal, but police say that all the victims now get out of danger immediately.

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German media reported that the attack took place on a platform in front of a standing train after 6:00 pm on Friday evening (1600 GMT).The suspect was thought to have changed the “against the passengers” at the station, a spokesman of the Hanover Federal Police Directorate who also covers Hamburg, told the AFP.The German Daily Build reported that waiting trains were treated at the station near some of the victims.The images of the scene showed access to platforms at one end of the station blocked by the police and people were loaded into the waiting ambulance.Forensic police can also be seen walking over and down on the platforms where the attack took place.German Chancellor Frederick Merz expressed his shock in a call with the mayor of Hamburg.“My views are with the victims and their families,” Merz said, according to a readout of a spokesperson.Germany has often been shaken by a series of violent attacks in recent months with jihadi or distant extremist inspirations, which have put protection on top of the agenda.Most recently, on Sunday, four people saw a stabbing a stabbing at a time in the Belfeld city.The Syrian suspect told police officials that after arresting him, the investigation of the attack had been handed over to the federal prosecutors who arrested him.The question of security and the immigrant origin of some attackers was a major topic during the recent election campaign of Germany.Merz’s Orthodox CDU/CSU topped the February vote, which also saw a record score of more than 20 per cent for the anti-immigration option for Germany (AFD).Last year, Germany tightened its law on carrying a knife, now banned in public functions and long distance trains.They have also been banned in specific areas in some cities including the train station of Hamburg.But experts and police unions have earlier questioned whether such restrictions are effective.