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AT least 12 people were injured in a horror knife attack at a busy German train station.
The terrifying stabbing unfolded on platforms 13/14 at Hamburg Central Station on Friday evening.
Federal police confirmed a woman has since been arrested in connection with the rampage, which took place around 6pm local time.
Hamburg’s fire service reported that six people suffered life-threatening injuries, three others were seriously hurt, and another three sustained minor wounds.
And some of the injured are being treated on trains, German newspaper Bild reports.
The motive behind the attack is still unknown as cops continue their investigation.
Hamburg police earlier said in a post on X: “There is currently a major police operation in #Hamburg on #Hauptbahnhof!
“We are investigating the background and will provide further information here shortly.”
Dozens of police officers and first responders can be seen securing the scene outside the train station.
One victim could also be seen being rushed in a stretcher by paramedics.
A Red Cross crisis response team is also on the scene to support the victims’ families.
Train services around Hamburg Central Station have since been halted, according to local reports.
The station, located in the heart of Germany’s second-largest city, serves as a key hub for local, regional, and long-distance rail connections.
It comes after two people were killed and two police officers wounded in a brutal knife attack in the Netherlands.
Emergency crews, including ambulances and trauma teams, raced to a property in Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, on Wednesday morning.
One police vehicle at the scene was left spattered with blood.
Both victims were inside the house after initial reports of a “fight”.
Police confirmed two officers were injured but there was no immediate confirmation about the extent of their injuries.
Locals say the house, located on Fanny Blankers-Koenlaan, is known for drug and alcohol-related disturbances.
Local newspaper De Telegraaf also reported, citing multiple sources, that two people were killed in the stabbing spree.
Chilling images showed emergency vehicles lined up along the residential street in the aftermath of the deadly attack.
Meanwhile, police were urgently called to Majorca’s Palma Airport on Tuesday morning after reports of a man being stabbed in the neck in the arrivals area.
Detectives said the victim was a young Argentinian who suffered a wound a few centimetres from the artery which required several stitches.
It has since emerged that the suspect is a homeless man thought to sleep at the popular holiday airport.
Police said he had no fixed home after his arrest.
