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| Germany axe attack: Duesseldorf train station sealed off | Germany axe attack: Duesseldorf train station sealed off |
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| Five people have been injured in an axe attack in Duesseldorf's main railway station, police say. | Five people have been injured in an axe attack in Duesseldorf's main railway station, police say. |
| The attack happened at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday . | |
| One man has been arrested, Duesseldorf police said, correcting an earlier police report of two arrests. No fatalities have been reported. | One man has been arrested, Duesseldorf police said, correcting an earlier police report of two arrests. No fatalities have been reported. |
| Searches are continuing in the area for possible further suspects, and rail traffic has been halted. The motive for the attack is unclear. | Searches are continuing in the area for possible further suspects, and rail traffic has been halted. The motive for the attack is unclear. |
| The federal police tweeted a warning to the public not to engage in speculation. They are not describing the attack as "terror", Reuters news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying. | |
| Germany is on high alert for terror attacks. A jihadist drove a lorry into crowds at a Christmas market in Berlin in December, killing 12 people. | |
| Images shared on social media from the scene in Duesseldorf showed that the station had been cordoned off by police, and helicopters hovered overhead. | |
| Witnesses reported seeing injured people lying on the ground. | Witnesses reported seeing injured people lying on the ground. |
| A reporter for Der Spiegel newspaper at the scene said the situation was returning to calm. | |
| Emergency vehicles filed through Konrad Adenauer square outside the station entrance. | Emergency vehicles filed through Konrad Adenauer square outside the station entrance. |
| Duesseldorf's Hauptbahnhof is the city's primary railway station, serving a quarter of a million passengers daily. | Duesseldorf's Hauptbahnhof is the city's primary railway station, serving a quarter of a million passengers daily. |
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