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Man stabs shopper to death and injures four others in Hamburg shop Man stabs shopper to death and injures six others in Hamburg shop
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One person has been stabbed to death in a Hamburg supermarket and four people have been injured after being attacked by a man wielding a knife. One person has been stabbed to death in a Hamburg supermarket and six people have been injured after being attacked by a man wielding a knife.
German police said the suspected attacker fled the shop in the Barmbek district of the north German city and headed towards a metro station, but was followed by eyewitnesses who tackled him to the ground. The man was then arrested by plainclothes police officers. The man was slightly injured. German police said the suspected attacker fled the shop in the Barmbek district of the north German city and headed towards a metro station, but was followed by witnesses who tackled him to the ground. The man was then arrested by plainclothes police officers. He was slightly injured.
One of the four victims injured in the attack is in a serious condition. The person who was killed was described by police as a customer. The suspect was a 26-year-old born in the United Arab Emirates, police said, though they were still working to establish his nationality. Hamburg’s mayor said the man had apparently sought shelter in Germany and that authorities had been unable to deport him because he had no papers.
Timo Zill, a spokesman for Hamburg police, said: “What we know at this stage is that the person was male, that he was armed with a knife and entered the supermarket, and sought out his victims and started stabbing them randomly. He’s injured but not seriously. We can say that we have one dead person in the Edeka market and four further people are injured.” One of the six victims injured in the attack is in a serious condition. The person who was killed was described by police as a customer of the shop and believed to be a 50-year-old German man.
Timo Zill, a spokesman for Hamburg police, said: “What we know at this stage is that the person was male, that he was armed with a knife and entered the supermarket, and sought out his victims and started stabbing them randomly. He’s injured but not seriously.”
Zill said he had no information as to the man’s motive. “First reports about a possible robbery cannot be confirmed so far,” he said.Zill said he had no information as to the man’s motive. “First reports about a possible robbery cannot be confirmed so far,” he said.
Nothing has been released about the man’s identity. Police said they were confident he had been acting alone. One eyewitness described his weapon as a kitchen knife. Police said they were confident he had been acting alone. One witness described his weapon as a kitchen knife.
Police have sealed the area of the crime scene. . Two witnesses to the attack said the man shouted “Allahu Akbar” but police said they were unable to confirm the reports. They declined to say whether the attack was being treated as a terrorist incident.
Two eyewitnesses to the attack said the man shouted “Allahu Akbar” but police said they were unable to confirm the reports. They declined to say whether the attack was being treated as a terrorist incident.