german attack 1(Via BBC) More than 20 people in Germany have been injured after a man with an axe went on the rampage on a train, German media report.

A police operation including a helicopter is under way in Heidingsfeld, a part of the city of Wurzburg in southern Germany.  Details are scant and contradictory at this stage but some local media (in German) are reporting 21 casualties.

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Some of the victims’ injuries are thought to be life-threatening.  The German news agency DPA said police would not comment on reports in the German press that the suspect had been shot.

The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed. (link)

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