2023 Brokstedt stabbing
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| Brokstedt stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Brokstedt, Steinburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Date | 25 January 2023 3 p.m. (CET, UTC+01:00) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Bladed weapon |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 8 (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]
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 who was not known to be on any extremist watch lists, but the attack is suspected to be an act of terrorism.[2][3]
Reactions
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote on Twitter: "All our thoughts are with the victims of this awful crime and their families."[4]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack – DW – 01/25/2023". dw.com.
- ^ "Two people killed after man stabs passengers on train in Germany". Sky News.
- ^ Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack
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