It might be too soon to even mention that there appears to have been an attack on a train station in Dusseldorf, Germany — even the mention of such incidents in Europe has been alleged to trigger rioting.
Fortunately, no one seems to have been killed in this attack, although five have been reported injured.
Breaking: Man with axe chased by police in Dusseldorf. Station closed . I am in the train things look bad #police #terror
— FintechStateOfMind (@armindom) March 9, 2017
Stay away from #Dusseldorf train station crazy man with #axe on the lose .. 🙁
— FintechStateOfMind (@armindom) March 9, 2017
basically we were warned in the speaker that he was on the lose and we could not stop. Sounded unbelievable at first
— FintechStateOfMind (@armindom) March 9, 2017
Believe it.
JUST IN: Several people were injured in an axe attack at Dusseldorf's main train station, police say https://t.co/ROh3cThHLQ pic.twitter.com/T618jgvQ94
— CNN (@CNN) March 9, 2017
#BREKING Several wounded in axe attack in the main train station in Dusseldorf, Germany, motive is unknown: media pic.twitter.com/ws2uWs5w41
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) March 9, 2017
At least 5 people have been injured during incident involving axe at Duesseldorf train station, according to police, search is ongoing.
— Carlo Angerer (@carloangerer) March 9, 2017
https://twitter.com/MAlexJohnson/status/839954089622437889
#BREAKING Two people have been detained after the attack in Dusseldorf, Germany, the motive is still unclear pic.twitter.com/Fzx8biocpe
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) March 9, 2017
Police say motive and background of suspect or suspects is unclear given the ongoing investigation and search operation. https://t.co/wRfBDi0EXb
— Carlo Angerer (@carloangerer) March 9, 2017
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Is it wrong to hope investigators are able to learn at the very least the background of the suspects soon? Reporting on similar violent incidents, like those machete attacks on police in Belgium, or even that machete attack at a train station in Vancouver, tends to drop off quickly if journalists aren’t given all the details right away.
No news on motive or details about attacker yet other than witnesses describing "crazed man" https://t.co/Z4j4t0Wwzo via @telegraphnews
— Francesca Washtell (@fwashtell) March 9, 2017
No rush or anything, but …
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/839956482456174594
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Update:
Police say that the attacker was mentally ill and had no terrorist motive, which is exactly what police said after another mass stabbing incident.
7 injured in ax attack tonight at Düsseldorf train station; suspect is a mentally ill man, no terrorist motive, police say.
— Anton Troianovski (@antontroian) March 10, 2017
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