Some of the injured sustained life-threatening injuries in the stabbing, emergency services said, although the exact number remained unclear.
Germany police on Friday said they had arrested a woman after at least 12 people were injured in a knife attack at the main station in the northern city of Hamburg.
Some of the injured sustained life-threatening injuries in the stabbing, emergency services said, although the exact number remained unclear.
Around 6:30 pm (1600 GMT), Hamburg police said on X they were carrying out a major operation at the main train station in Germany's second-largest city.
"A person injured several people with a knife at the main train station" and a suspect had been arrested, they said.
The suspect, police subsequently said, was a 39-year-old woman who was thought to have "acted alone".
Investigations into the incident were "running at full speed", police said, without giving an indication of a possible motive.
A spokesman for the Hamburg fire department told AFP that 12 people had been injured in the knife attack.
Among them were "six people with life-threatening injuries", the spokesman said. German media however reported the number of people with very severe injuries was lower.
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The attack took place around 6:00 pm in the middle of rush hour at the end of the working week, according to German media.
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