‘People were screaming, it was terrible’: Nine injured after man goes on stabbing spree on German bus
A witness said one victim had only just given up his seat to an elderly woman, ‘when the perpetrator stabbed him in the chest’
A stabbing spree on board a bus left nine people injured and the attacker in handcuffs in northern Germany on Friday – although officials say the motive of the suspect, a 34-year-old German-Iranian man, remains unclear.
The packed bus was heading in the direction of Travemuende, a popular beach destination close to the city of Luebeck, when a man pulled the weapon on passengers, Luebeck chief prosecutor Ulla Hingst said.
“The passengers jumped out of the bus and were screaming. It was terrible. Then the injured were brought out. The perpetrator had a kitchen knife,” a witness who lives close to the scene, Lothar H., told local daily Luebecker Nachrichten.
An unnamed female passenger on the bus said one of those injured had only just given up his seat to an elderly woman, “when the perpetrator stabbed him in the chest”.
Regional interior minister for the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Hans-Joachim Grote, told news agency DPA that six people suffered knife wounds and three others different injuries. The attacker also punched the bus driver.