Just a quick shorthand from Egri Nok of what is being said at the live presser going in right now:
“Nine victims, four of them gravely
it was in an extremely densely populated train station
the federal police was there very quickly
they chased the attacker until he jumped from a bridge, and was arrested, badly injured
the State Prosecutor will soon speak
We are thinking of the victims”
The events are typical like we have seen in other situations, fortunately, there was no large panic, so, if you want, it was a „normal“ course of events, sadly.
The transportation to hospitals, and the contacting of the families of victims, worked very well
There are Italians under the victims”
the perpetrator lives in Wuppertal, we searched his apartment in Wuppertal last night with a large force, will comment on that soon
There were large forces deployed because we did not know if it was a single attacker or a terrorist attack
better safe than sorry
Now Federal Police;
Passengers who immediately witnessed the event alarmed two Federal Police forces who were there anyway, so they were able to immediately chase the attacker. He injured people on platform 13 and 14, came downstairs, ran upstairs again, was chased. Jumped down from the bridge Ellerstraße. Lying on the ground colleagues from Landes Police arrested him, he was lying and immobilized
Train station was evacuatd
According to protocol, in this moment, Landes Police takes over the command. So my statement as Federal Police is over now, I think“
(One person who was at the scene said a witness told him it was a “Southerner”, which means to all Germans, a muslim. Attacker is said to be a Kosovar)
Now Landes Police:
„We classified the event as amok (rampage)
The communication went very well and we evaluated it as an amok situation, but we are still considering a terroristic background. But I can say in this moment there are no clues whatsoever at all to a religious or terrorist background, it is mental illness.“
(LOL!)



