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According to BBC, more than 20 people in Germany have been injured after a man with an axe went on the rampage on a train. Police, along with a helicopter, are on the scene in Heidingsfeld, a part of the city of Wurzburg in southern Germany. Local media tweeted that 21 people had been injured, and that the suspect appeared to be shot. Of those 21, it is being reported that 4 are critically injured.
The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt is now closed closed. So far, there have been no reported fatalities, however, German news agency DPA reported that the police said some of the victims’ injuries were life-threatening.
Update – 5:50 PM EST: Most of the “injured” are being treated for shock.
Update – 5:25 PM EST: According to Sky News, the attacker was shot dead by police as he tried to flee the scene, a police spokesman said.
#BREAKING: Man shot dead after axe attack on German train – reports #Germany #Bavaria
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) July 18, 2016
What Happened?
According to multiple reports, a man wielding an axe has injured up to 21 people who were on a Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld train. The Wall Street Journal’s Anton Troianovski reports that most of those “injured” are being treated for shock.
BREAKING: Multiple injured after man with weapon attacked people on train near Würzburg, Germany, Bavarian police tells @NBCNightlyNews.
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) July 18, 2016
German media is reporting than a man with an axe has gone on a rampage in Würzburg, Germany. Reports of many people injured
— Simon Cullen (@Simon_Cullen) July 18, 2016
Where is Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld?
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Possible terrorist attack on train in #Würzburg (#Germany), dozens believed to be injured by axe-attack pic.twitter.com/atAWOhaeR6
— Roeland Roovers (@r0eland) July 18, 2016
