Two people had been critically injured after a knife attack in Flensburg, Germany

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A fight broke out on the intercity train travelling north to Flensburg via Cologne and Hamburg.

During the journey a man attacked another person with a knife in carriage 10, Bild have reported.

Police were alerted at around 7pm.

When the train arrived in Flensburg at 7.06pm two police officers allegedly entered the train.

The attacker is then said to have attacked and injured a female police officer after which her colleague then shot and killed the man.