Several people injured after knife attack on German bus

From the Irish Journal; not that the Irish press are any less PC and vague than their British colleagues – it’s a Europe thing.

SEVERAL PEOPLE (14 according to the BBC) HAVE been injured in an assault by a man wielding a knife on a bus in northern Germany, police and witnesses said.

The packed bus was heading in the direction of Travemuende, a popular beach close to the city of Luebeck, when a man pulled a weapon on passengers, local media Luebecker Nachrichten reported, quoting an unnamed witness.

“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 the daily.

A police car which happened to be close by was able to get to the scene quickly, allowing officers to detain the perpetrator, added the report.

Police quoted by national news agency DPA said there were no fatalities, and did not give a motive for the assault.

According to Luebecker Nachrichten, the attacker is an Iranian man in his mid-30s.

Nach LN-Informationen gibt der Täter an aus dem Iran zu stammen. Er soll Mitte 30 sein und ist in Polizeigewahrsam.

with no terrorist background

Oberstaatsanwältin Ulla Hingst: “Nichts ist auszuschließen auch kein terroristischer Hintergrund”