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Brokstedt stabbing
LocationBrokstedt, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Date25 January 2023
3 p.m. (CET, UTC+01:00)
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsBladed weapon
Deaths2
Injured8 (including the suspect)

On 25 January 2023, two people were killed in a mass stabbing on a train in Brokstedt, Germany.[1]

Attack

At about 3 p.m. on 25 January 2023, a man stabbed nine people on a moving passenger train in Brokstedt, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, in Northern Germany.[1] The train was travelling from Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein to Hamburg.[1] Two of the victims were killed and seven others injured, three of them severely.[1] The suspect, a young man who was also injured, was arrested and taken to hospital.[1] The deceased victims were identified as a 17-year-old girl and a 19-year-old boy.[2]

Suspect

According to Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, the interior minister of Schleswig-Holstein, the suspect in custody is a 33-year-old stateless man from the Palestinian territories was not known to be on any extremist watch lists, but the attack is under investigation.[3][4]

Reactions

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote on Twitter: "All our thoughts are with the victims of this awful crime and their families."[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Two dead and seven injured after man stabs passengers on German train". ITV News. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Pärchen (17 und 19) getötet – sie waren erst seit einer Woche zusammen". 20Minuten. 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack – DW – 01/25/2023". dw.com.
  4. ^ "Two people killed after man stabs passengers on train in Germany". Sky News.
  5. ^ Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack


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