Axe-Wielding Attacker Injures Four On Train

Now the train line that operates between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt has been closed until further notice as the manhunt proceeds.

The spokesman said the attack happened on a local train near the city of Wuerzburg.

The train was on its way from the Bavarian town of Treuchtlingen to Wuerzburg, which is about 55 miles northwest of Nuremberg.

Reports indicate more than 20 people were injured when the man boarded the train with an axe and a knife.

Police say multiple people have been injured after a man slashed them on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police.

Several of the injured were said to be in a critical condition, Bayerischer Rundfunk radio reported.

Officers shot and killed the attacker as he fled the scene, police said.

The German news agency DPA reported that the police said some of the victims’ injuries were life-threatening.