Berlin - A woman and her one-year-old daughter died after being stabbed at a busy subway station in central Hamburg on Thursday, German police said.
The suspected assailant, the woman's ex-husband, was arrested.
The knife attack happened Thursday morning at the Jungfernstieg station in Germany's second-biggest city. Parts of the train lines were temporarily shut down as police responded.
Firefighters treat an injured person at a subway station in Hamburg, Germany. Picture: Tnn/dpa via AP
The suspected assailant, a 33-year-old from Niger who was the girl's father, called emergency services himself after the stabbing and was arrested.
The knife attack on a woman and her minor child took place at the Jungfernstieg station in Germany’s second-biggest city. Picture: Eckart Gienke/dpa via AP
Firefighters and rescuers gather in Hamburg where a woman and her child died after being stabbed by her ex-husband at the Jungfernstieg subway station. Picture: Bodo Marks/dpa via AP
None of those involved was identified, and it wasn't clear what triggered the attack on the child and his 34-year-old ex-wife.