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One dead, policewoman and another person injured after knife attack on train in Germany Train knife attack: One man killed, policewoman and passenger injured in Germany
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A man has attacked a person on a train and then injured a police woman, German media report. A man has been shot dead by police after he attacked a person on a train with a knife and then injured a policewoman on a train near Flensburg station in northern Germany.
Police have confirmed one person has been killed and two people have been injured after a knife attack on a train near Flensburg station in northern Germany.
Initial reports suggest that the assailant was killed by police, reported Deutsche Welle. The man allegedly took out his weapon at around 7 pm local time (1700 UTC) while on board the fast train that had traveled to Flensburg via Cologne and Hamburg, according to Bild.
A man allegedly took out his weapon at around 7 pm local time (1700 UTC) while on board the fast train that had traveled to Flensburg via Cologne and Hamburg, according to Bild. The suspect is believed to have attacked a person on the train and a 22 year-old female police officer as she and her colleague tried to apprehend him. The officer fired her weapon according to a police statement.
The suspect is believed to have attacked a person on the train and a female police officer as she and her colleague tried to apprehend him
A police spokesman said that he was "not aware of" any connection to terrorism as yet. The area around the train station has been evacuated and closed off. The area around the train station was evacuated and closed off following the incident. The station has since reopened, according to Flensburger Tageblatt.
“The background to the events in Flensburg are currently completely unclear,” police said, adding that police and the public prosecutor have launched investigations.