Status: 01/26/2023 10:40 a.m
On Wednesday afternoon, a man attacked other passengers on a train from Kiel to Hamburg with a knife. According to new information from the police, a 16-year-old and her 19-year-old friend died, both from Schleswig-Holstein. At 2 p.m. the Minister of the Interior and the police want to inform about the status of the investigation.
According to the police, the exact number of the injured has not yet been clarified, as has their age, their origin and the severity of the injuries. The police had previously spoken of seven injured passengers, and the 33-year-old perpetrator, a stateless Palestinian who was released from custody a few days ago, was also injured. After the fatal knife attack on the regional train from Kiel to Hamburg, the Schleswig-Holstein state government ordered mourning flags to be displayed. “Schleswig-Holstein is mourning. It’s a terrible day. It’s terrible what happened there,” said Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU). The prime minister expressed his condolences to the families of the victims last night. “My thoughts and prayers are with the people and their families in this really difficult situation,” he said. Now it should be cleared up as soon as possible.
Today’s state parliament session was marked by the attack. Eka von Kalben (Greens), Vice President of the State Parliament, gave a speech, followed by a minute’s silence.
Press conference on Brokstedt at 2 p.m
Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU) wants to provide information about the current status of the investigation together with the head of the Itzehoe Police Department, Frank Matthiesen, at around 2 p.m. today. NDR.de/sh will broadcast this press conference live.
The perpetrator will be brought before the magistrate today
The alleged perpetrator also had to be taken to a clinic. According to the police, he is no longer receiving medical treatment but is in police custody. Chief Public Prosecutor Peter Müller-Rackow said in the morning that the man would be brought before the magistrate before the Itzehoe District Court today. According to the public prosecutor’s office, there is no terrorist background for the act. He had only been released from a Hamburg prison a few days ago.
120 passengers during train attack
There were 120 people on the train during the attack, one of them was Christoph B. “I was in first class and the people sitting with me all ran out. Then I ran out. And there were traces of blood everywhere, the along the whole train,” he told NDR Schleswig-Holstein on Wednesday. Michael K. was called by his daughter who was on the train. “My daughter called me at home and wrote that they had to get off the train because someone ran amok and stabbed people indiscriminately,” he said.
Fellow travelers hold man
Some passengers alerted the police with their cell phones, while other passengers held the suspected attacker on the train. He was later arrested by the police in Brokstedt. The perpetrator is a 33-year-old man known to the police, confirmed Interior Minister Sabine Sütterlin-Waack (CDU). “That’s also what we know, that it’s a stateless Palestinian.” Accordingly, the man is said to have been in custody until a few days ago. The man is said to have previously committed violent, property and sex crimes, among other things.
investigations are ongoing
When asked whether the act could not have been prevented, Schleswig-Holstein’s interior minister said: “Of course, that is also a question that is decided within the framework of the judiciary. And there are very competent people who think about exactly whether there still needs to be care after imprisonment. And obviously in this case they said: He has served his sentence. That’s how it is in our legal system.”
The murder commission of the Itzehoe police and the public prosecutor’s office have started the investigation. Information about the background of the crime is not yet available. The state government has set up a help line for those affected on (04821) 60 22 100.
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