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Seven people were injured after a man armed with an axe went on the rampage at a train station in Germany.

Emergency services, including anti-terror police, flooded the central station in Dusseldorf following the shocking incident on Thursday evening.

Gruesome footage from the scene showed two people being treated by medics on the floor of the station amid pools of blood.

One witness suggested the attacker leapt from a train after it pulled into the station and began attacking people at random.

Police arrested a 36-year-old man at the scene.

He is from the former Yugoslavia, lives in the nearby city of Wuppertal, and has a history of mental health problems.

The Twitter account of the regional police force urged people not to spread false rumours or speculation online and not share images of those injured.

There were seven injuries including three men, a woman, and a 13-year-old girl, according to reports.

Police said three suffered serious injuries and four were minor.

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Eyewitnesses reported seeing injured people being evacuated from the station.

A station attendant told BILD: "We were standing on the track, waiting for the train. The train came, and suddenly someone jumped out with an axe, hit the people.

"There was blood everywhere. I have experienced a lot, but I have never experienced it. "

Passengers on a train stuck outside the station have been tweeting updates after the station was shutdown.

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Germany remains on a high state of alert after a number of terror attacks over the past 12 months.

These included the horrifying attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in December which killed 12 people.

A further 48 people were injured in the truck attack, which occurred outside Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz.

Terrorist Anis Amri was killed in a shootout with Italian police after pulling out a gun during a routine patrol.

A chilling video, released by ISIS just hours after the suspect's death, purportedly shows him pledging his allegiance to the terror group.