Forensic consultants examine the scene on the practice station in Hamburg, Germany on Friday after a knife assault. Photograph by Daniel Bockwoldt/EPA-EFE

Could 23 (UPI) — One lady has been arrested after 18 individuals have been damage, together with at the very least 4 in life-threatening situation, in a stabbing on the practice station in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday evening.

The suspect, recognized as a 39-year-old German lady, was arrested on the scene with out providing resistance within the northern German metropolis, police stated.

The attacker used a knife to focus on individuals on the platform between tracks 13 and 14 round 6 p.m. native time, based on police. It occurred in entrance of a practice ready on the station, Sky Information reported.

Weapons, together with knives, are banned on the station and on native transport within the metropolis.

Officers stated they “imagine she acted alone.”

Investigators have been making an attempt to find out whether or not the suspect was mentally in poor health, police spokesperson Florian Abbenseth stated.

Information company dpa reported 17 injured have been: 5 life-threatening, six in severe situation and 7 with minor accidents. It wasn’t disclosed whether or not the suspect was injured.

4 tracks have been closed throughout the evening with some long-distance trains delayed or diverted.

Hamburg is Germany’s busiest practice station as a hub for native, regional and long-distance trains. The station, with a mean of 550,000 passengers a day, is the second busiest in Europe behind Gare du Nord in Paris.

On March 3, a automobile rammed right into a crowd on a busy buying road within the metropolis of Mannheim, 289 miles south of Hamburg, killing a person and a girl. Police arrested one man.