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Several hurt in suspected knife attack on bus in Germany Eight injured in attack on bus in Germany
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German police say several people have been injured on a busy bus in a suspected knife attack in the northern city of Lübeck, and that a suspect has been arrested. Eight people have been injured in an attack on a bus in the northern German city of Lübeck, police have said, adding that a suspect has been arrested.
Police spokesman Duerk Duerbrook said the attack occurred on Friday in the city’s Kuecknitz district. No further details were immediately available. Police spokesman Dierk Duerbrook said the attack occurred on Friday in the city’s Kuecknitz district. Authorities were still trying to determine the circumstances of the attack, he added.
Duerbrook said authorities were still trying to determine the circumstances of the attack. Local paper Lübecker Nachrichten reported, without giving a source, that a suspect had attacked passengers with a knife.
Local paper Lübecker Nachrichten reported, without giving a source, that two people were seriously injured and 12 others received minor injuries in the incident. German news agency dpa quoted police as saying that three people received “medium serious” injuries in the incident, while five others received minor injuries.
State police tweeted: “Nobody was killed. The perpetrator was overpowered and is now in police custody.”
A police car which happened to be close by was able to get to the scene quickly, allowing officers to detain the perpetrator, Lübecker Nachrichten reported.
“One of the victims had just given up his place to an older woman, when the attacker stabbed him in the chest,” the paper quoted a witness as saying.
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