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A knifing in the Hamburg train station left 2 people dead as a man who had come to Germany from Niger stabbed his ex-wife and their 1-year old little girl.

Police say the motive for the stabbing remains unknown at this point but confirm that the attack was of such a horrible nature that several other passengers on the platform needed psychological help.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Update <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jungfernstieg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jungfernstieg</a><br><br>Die Mutter des Kindes und Exfrau des Tatverdächtigen ist den Verletzungen erlegen. <br><br>Die polizeilichen Maßnahmen am Tatort dauern an. <a href="https://t.co/hSD9HslweN">https://t.co/hSD9HslweN</a></p>— Polizei Hamburg (@PolizeiHamburg) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolizeiHamburg/status/984375596280111105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote>

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It would appear the man ‘sliced the throat open’ of both the woman and the little girl.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oh my god 😧 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamburg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamburg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/jungfernstieg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#jungfernstieg</a> <a href="https://t.co/Gw4zcWfeg5">pic.twitter.com/Gw4zcWfeg5</a></p>— Bilal Hamud (@BilalHamud) <a href="https://twitter.com/BilalHamud/status/984379300395782144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The man was apprehended by local police forces.

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The little girl died on the spot and even though the woman was later rushed to hospital, she also passed away due to the gravity of her wounds a bit later.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police say a woman and her child have died after being stabbed by her ex-husband at a busy subway station in central Hamburg. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Germany?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Germany</a> <a href="https://t.co/DCERbzRDF4">https://t.co/DCERbzRDF4</a></p>— The Hindu (@the_hindu) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_hindu/status/984400778256375808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 12, 2018</a></blockquote>

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A spokesperson for the police claimed afterwards that the attack had been done ‘very targeted and in a very violent manner’.

Source:

https://www.bild.de/regional/hamburg/polizei/vater-sticht-auf-tochter-und-frau-ein-55369416.bild.html