A man armed with an axe has injured 10 to 15 people on a train in the northern Bavarian town of Würzburg, local police have said. Several were injured critically, the spokesman said.
The attacker was shot, the Main Post reported, though the police declined to comment on that, saying an operation was still ongoing.
A man attacked passengers with “cutting and stabbing weapons”, the Bayerischer Rundfunk quoted police as saying.
Hubschrauber kreisen über #Würzburg Heidingsfeld. Keiner gibt derzeit Infos raus. Situation undurchsichtig. pic.twitter.com/C34BH1iqDj
— Christian Hüther (@huethi89) July 18, 2016
The German news agency DPA said police would not comment on reports in the German press that the suspect had been shot.
The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed.
Polizei will sich jeden Moment bei meinem Kollegen melden. Noch ist kein Amoklauf bestätigt. #würzburg pic.twitter.com/CLZtTgPpXB
— Christian Hüther (@huethi89) July 18, 2016
As the investigation into the identity and motives of the teenager who went on a rampage in a train in the Bavarian city of Wurzburg continues, another clue has been found.
The 17-year-old, reportedly an Afghan migrant, seriously wounded three and lightly wounded one more when he entered the train and started slashing with an axe and a knife, only stopping when he was shot dead.
Reports had already come in that the terrorist had shouted “Allahu Akbar” upon embarking on his rampage, indicating Islamist motives.
Now an ISIS flag had been found in his room, according to a report by Metro, quoting German officials, giving a more specific indication of the ideology that drove him to commit these deeds.