Several people were injured after a man wielding an axe attacked passengers on a busy train in Germany today. The suspect, who has not been identified, was said to have lashed out at travellers on board the ICE 91 train to Vienna this afternoon at around 1:55pm local time.
The man, believed to be Syrian according to German newspaper Bild's sources, was alleged to have boarded with an axe and a hammer, before one brazen passenger disarmed him of one of the weapons and fought back.
Passengers reportedly surrounded the suspect and pulled the emergency brake to stop the train near the village of Straßkirchen before police were able to arrest him.
According to the Bavarian Red Cross, one person suffered serious injuries, three others were 'moderately injured' and one was 'slightly injured.' The suspect was said to have been seriously injured and flown to hospital by helicopter.
The train is understood to have been carrying some 500 passengers at the time. Police said in a statement that a man 'injured several people with dangerous objects shortly before Straßkirchen' this afternoon.
The police statement did not make clear whether the suspect was one of the four injured in the attack.
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