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Anti-terror police have been called following reports of an axe attack in Dusseldorf

Anti-terror police cordoned off Dusseldorf's central station in Germany with reports of more suspected attackers on the run. A 36-year-old man was arrested following the attack, correcting earlier police reports of two arrests. Seven people were injured, including two police officers. Police said none of the victims are in a life-threatening condition but one person is seriously injured. Witnesses said three men, a woman and a 13-year-old girl were among the victims.


Spiegel newspaper reports victims have been left bleeding on the ground after a man with an axe launched an attack at around 9pm local time. Armed police arrested one man following the axe attack. The suspect jumped from a walkway in an effort to escape police but was later captured by armed police under a railway bridge. Police confimed the arrested man is seriously injured in hospital. Officers indentified the suspect as Fatmir H from Kosovo and living in the nearby city of Wuppertal. They stressed he is "mentally ill", according to reports. Police said in a statement: " A person, probably armed with an axe, attacked people at random. "Seven people were injured, three of them seriously. "The suspect appears to have had psychological problems."Trains were stopped in the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia as heavily armed special forces surrounded the station.

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There was no immediate suggestion of a terrorist motive behind the assault. Anti terror police swarmed into the station to search the area and its surroundings. A police spokesman said there was no serious threat of further attacks but the station would remain closed for the evening. He said: "We are not using the words 'rampage' or 'terror’.”

Witness Bruno Macedo tweeted: “Man with axe chased by police in Dusseldorf. Station closed. I am in the train things look bad #police #terror. “Stay away from #Dusseldorf train station crazy man with axe on the loose.” Witnesses told German media a man was seen coming out of the subway before attacking people in the station hall. Eyewitnesses said “there was blood everywhere”.

TWITTER Victims were seen on the floor as armed police surrounded the station

TWITTER People stopped to help injured victims lying on the ground

GETTY Armed police have sealed off the station

One witness, a nation worker, 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 something like this.” Dusseldorf's mayor Thomas Geisel raced to the scene and tweeted: "Our sympathy and thoughts are with the innocent and the injured." Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery Peter Altmaier said: "Whatever happened at Dusseldorf's main station: Our compassion and our thoughts are among the innocent wounded."

GETTY Armed police have arrested two suspects

TWITTER Several people have been injured at Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof

TWITTER Trains have been stopped as police surround the scene

TWITTER Police have not ruled out a second suspect being on the run