Woman goes on stabbing spree in Hamburg

BERLIN—More than a dozen people injured in a stabbing attack at the central train station in the German city of Hamburg were in stable condition, police said on Saturday. A 39-year-old German woman was arrested at the scene of Friday’s attack without putting up resistance and police said they believe she acted alone. The Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper reported that two passersby managed to overpower the woman and take the knife from her.

It quoted a fire department spokesperson Philipp Baumann, saying that the attack injured 18 people between the ages of 19 and 85. Three women age 24, 52 and 85, and a 24-year-old man were critically injured. According to the police, however, all four were in stable condition on Saturday. Investigators were looking into whether the suspect may have been mentally ill. The attacker targeted people in the station at around 6 p.m. on Friday.