Twelve people are injured and three of them are in “mortal danger” after a mass stabbing at Germany’s Hamburg Central railway station.
A mass stabbing was perpetrated at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof on Friday evening. A female suspect, as of yet unidentified, has been taken into custody, reports Germany’s Bild.
At least 12 people were injured. Three of these were said by paramedics to be in “mortal danger” and fighting for life. The attack, which took place on the platform between tracks 13 and 14 at the station was left slicked with blood.
Six victims are said to have sustained light injuries.
23 May 2025, Hamburg: Police on duty at the scene. Several people were seriously injured in a knife attack at Hamburg Central Station. This was reported by eyewitnesses. Photo: Steven Hutchings/dpa (Photo by Steven Hutchings/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Broadcaster NDR say Hamburg police called the stabbing an “isolated incident” and declared a major incident. Local newspaper the Hamburger Abendblatt cited an eyewitness who told them paramedics were treating some injured on the train and platform and that a special major emergency ambulance bus had been deployed.
Hamburg police said in their interim statement: “a person allegedly injured several people with a knife at [the railway station]. The suspect was arrested by police”.
The attack is the second mass stabbing in Germany in a matter of days. As previously reported, a stabbing in the early hours of Sunday morning in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, allegedly by a Syrian migrant was days later classified as a possible terror attack after Islamist literature was found on the attacker and at his home. As well as using a knife, the man is alleged to have wielded a spear and a bottle of petrol.
This story is developing, more follows.
General view of Hamburg Hbf, with platform 13/14 the closest in the foreground / stock image / Wolfgang Weiser / Unsplash
