Several people were stabbed at a German train station. Authorities say the female suspect was arrested.

Authorities said several people were injured, some in life-threatening states, authorities said, in the stabbing attack on the busy central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday.

Police said a 39-year-old woman, a German national, was arrested at the scene without causing resistance and they believed she was acting alone after watching the videotape. The police also fixed the knife.

According to police, the attackers targeted people on the platform between tracks 13 and 14 around 6 p.m. local time. The station in the center of Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, is a major hub for local, regional and long-distance trains.

The Hamburg Fire Department initially said six people suffered life-threatening injuries, while three others were injured and three were injured, with minor injuries. However, police later said there were no “effective numbers” yet, but “several people” were hurt by life-threatening injuries.

There are no immediate signs of political motivation and investigators are studying whether the suspect may have a mental illness, police spokesman Florian Abbenseth said.

The attack was still on the platform hours after the attack, and the highway or ICE trains on the highway were still on the platform, but Abbenseth said it was not a crime scene.

Railway operator Deutsche Bahn said the attack “deeply shocked” it. Four tracks at the station were closed Friday night and some long-distance trains were delayed or transferred.

Weapons carrying including knives are prohibited at Hamburg stations and in local transportation.

Prime Minister Friedrich Merz's office said the German leader was shocked by the news and told Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher on a call Friday night that “my idea is with the victim and his relatives.”

In recent years, several stab attacks have occurred in Germany. In August 2024, a 26-year-old Syrian man killed Three people, eight people were injured Solingen Festival Knife AttackProsecutors said it was driven by the Islamic State terrorist organization. June 2024, Human attack According to police, several people in the southwestern German city of Mannheim have injured seven people. And in June 2023 Fatal stabbing Police said at the time that two people were injured on a train in northern Germany.