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Several people have sustained life -threatening injuries in a knife attack on the main station in the German city of Hamburg, the police said.
The fire fire brigade said that 12 people were injured in the attack, but the police later said that there were no reliable figures for the number of victims.
The Hamburg police said that officers have arrested a 39-year-old woman and that a major operation is going on.
The attack is supposed to have happened on Friday at approximately 6:00 pm (4:00 pm GMT) at the central station of the city.
A spokesperson for the Hamburg fire brigade told AFP News Agency that 12 people were injured and that some injuries were life threatening.
In a post on X, the Hamburg police said that there were no reliable figures for the number of injured, but several have suffered life -threatening injuries.
“According to the first findings, a person reportedly wounded several people with a knife at the main station,” the police said.
The police added that they believe that the suspect acted alone.
Local media have reported that the attack took place near platforms 13 and 14 – which are accessible via a busy main road – while a train was on one of the platforms.
Some victims were treated in trains according to reports.
The German rail operator Deutsche Bahn said that four platforms were closed at the station and some services would experience delays and diversions.
Photos from the scene show a number of care providers and vehicles on the ground, and barriers that seem to hide the wounded from the public.
A photo used by German media shows a man who is taken away by paramedics on a stretcher.
A video on social media seems to show the suspect with her hands behind her back that is accompanied from the station platform by officers who put her in a police vehicle.
Hamburg Central Station is one of the busiest transport hubs in Germany, with more than 550,000 travelers a day according to its website. It is often busy during Friday.
This is the last in a series of violent attacks in Germany in recent months.
