2023 Brokstedt stabbing
 | This article needs to be updated. (March 2023) |
| 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, Schleswig-Holstein, 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 and was carrying about 70 people.[1] Two of the victims were killed and seven others injured, three of them severely.[1] The deceased victims were identified as a 17-year-old girl and her boyfriend, who was 19.[2] The attack allegedly ended when passengers restrained the attacker until the police arrived and arrested him at the train station in Brokstedt. The station was shut down to facilitate the ongoing emergency response efforts.[3][4] 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 was not known to be on any extremist watch lists, but the attack is under investigation.[3][5] The suspect reportedly came to Germany in 2014, lived first in North Rhine-Westphalia and then in Schleswig-Holstein and was granted subsidiary protection in 2016. He was known to police for sexual and violent offenses and was in police custody until a week before the attack.[6]
Reactions
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wrote on Twitter: "All our thoughts are with the victims of this awful crime and their families."[3]
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.
- ^ "Pärchen (17 und 19) getötet – sie waren erst seit einer Woche zusammen". 20Minuten. 28 January 2023.
- ^ a b c "Germany: 2 killed, several injured in train knife attack – DW – 01/25/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ Schuetze, Christopher F. (25 January 2023). "Suspect Arrested in Deadly Stabbing of 2 on Train in Germany". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Two people killed after man stabs passengers on train in Germany". Sky News.
- ^ "Zugverkehr läuft in Brokstedt wieder an - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2023.
