2 dead, 5 injured in German train knife attack

Two people were killed and five injured in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany yesterday, officials said.

According to Xinhua, a man attacked passengers with a knife on a train travelling from Kiel to Hamburg shortly before 3pm local time before arriving at Brokstedt station. He was arrested shortly afterwards, a police spokesperson said.

The station was sealed off by the police to allow emergency services to continue their work. Germany's state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn announced on Twitter that there would be train cancellations between Hamburg, Kiel and Neumuenster.

A spokesperson for the police in Itzehoe, a city close to Brokstedt, said they were still awaiting further details.

- Bernama

Death toll from California massacre rises to 11 as police look for motive

'We threw ourselves to the floor': Passenger in Mexican plane caught in cartel crossfire

Gunman in Paris kills three in attack on Kurdish community

Indonesia police station blast kills one, injures several