Germany: 9 Wounded in Stabbing Attack On Bus in Lübeck


An original translation from Bild

Knife-Attack in Lübeck Bus
Fist punch to the bus driver, then the perpetrator stabbed!
Attacker (34) puts down a rucksack ++ fire accelerant found ++ nine wounded ++ Perpetrator German citizen of Iranian background ++ He was a German Federal Army soldier ++ Chief prosecutor: „We have no clues for a political radicalization in any form“

By Jan-Henrik Dobers, July 20,2018, 6:45PM CET
Nine people were wounded in a knife-attack in a crowded public service bus in Lübeck (state of Schleswig-Holstein) – one woman severely!

The Interior Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Hans-Joachim Grote (CDU) told BILD: „The suspect is a 34-year old man – he is a German citizen of Iranian background. Six passengers were wounded with a knife. Nine people totally were wounded.“

No casualties, according to the Chief Prosecutor.

The area around a bus stop in the district of Kücknitz was cordoned off. The deed took place in a bus headed for Travemünde (Line 30). The harbor festival „Travemünder Woche“ (Travemünde Week) at Lübeck Bay is starting there on Friday.

First a fist punch, then knife

Interior Minister Grote describes the course of the attack to Bild: „At 1:47 PM, the suspect stood in the middle of the articulated bus. The bus driver saw in the rear mirror how the man was putting his backpack down.“ [translator’s note: the backpack was smoking and people were screaming “there is a psycho!”, according to Lübecker Nachrichten]

At that, the driver stopped the bus and approached the perpetrator. Grote: „He confronted the man, upon which the man punched him in the face with his fist.“

After the wrangling that ensued the knife-attack took place. „The man pulled out a knife and stabbed six passengers indiscriminately. Besides the bus driver, two more people were wounded.“

Passengers overpower attacker

According to Chief Prosecutor Dr. Ulla Hingst, the other passengers intervened and were able to overpower the attacker. Hingst tells Bild: „Police then were able to arrest him.“ He will be interrogated this Friday.

Chief Prosecutor: „We have no clues for a political radicalization in any form. The background of the deed is still unclear.“

Fire Accelerant in the backpack
The munitions removal squad was analyzing the backpack, according to the Chief Prosecutor. Bild learned that fire accelerant was found in the bag.

Eye witnesses told „Lübecker Nachrichten“ that smoke came from the backpack. The bus driver was quick-witted and opened the doors so that passengers were able to flee.

3 Replies to “Germany: 9 Wounded in Stabbing Attack On Bus in Lübeck”

  1. From roughly 650 AD to 1600 AD Europe fought to prevent Islam from taking over, now thanks to the left those lessons have been forgotten and Islam has been invited into Europe. The war to kick them out of Europe and rebuild European civilization will be long and bloody.

  2. Have the German people considered starting to carry around kitchen knives so they can get all stabby at a moment’s notice? Several well-perforated assailants later, there might be a noticeable drop in such vile sh!t. Yust sayin’…

  3. Deutsche Welle Alleged Lübeck knife attacker faces court

    A man accused of injuring 10 bus passengers in a knife attack in northern Germany has appeared in court. Police have yet to determine a motive but say the incident didn’t appear to be terror-related.

    A German court on Saturday issued a detention order for a man alleged to have stabbed several people on a packed public bus in the northern city of Lübeck.

    Police said the 34-year-old was being held on suspicion of attempted murder, endangering public safety, attempted arson, grievous bodily harm and assault.

    He is accused of starting a fire and attacking a number of passengers with a kitchen knife on a bus heading through Kücknitz, a suburb of Lübeck, on Friday. Ten people were injured in the incident, three of them seriously.

    The suspect was detained by police after being overpowered by passengers at the scene. He has reportedly refused to speak to investigators since his arrest.

    Officials have yet to determine a motive, but said the man had “no sign of a terrorist background.”

    Police said the man was a German citizen and Lübeck local who was born in Iran but had lived in Germany for a long time.

    The man’s lawyer told German television channel n-tv his client was suffering from a mental disorder, possibly “paranoid schizophrenia.”

    https://www.dw.com/en/alleged-l%C3%BCbeck-knife-attacker-faces-court/a-44772514