Story highlights Suspect appears to have mental problems, police say

Police believe the suspect acted alone

(CNN) A man who injured seven people with an ax at a train station in Dusseldorf has been arrested, German police said.

Police described the suspect, who lives in nearby Wuppertal, as "a 36-year-old man from the former Yugoslavia."

He "obviously has mental problems," Dusseldorf police said in a statement.

Of the seven people wounded in the Thursday night attack, three suffered severe injuries. Two women were among the injured.

Police believe the suspect acted alone.

Read More</s>DÜSSELDORF, Germany (CBSNewYork/AP) — Several people were injured Thursday in what was described as a coordinated axe attack at a train station in Germany.

The attack happened around 9 p.m. local time at the main train station in Düsseldorf, according to federal police in Germany.

A spokesman for federal police said two suspected attackers were arrested after the attack.

Police spokesman Rainer Kerstiens told The Associated Press that more suspected attackers are believed to be on the run.

Kerstiens said the number of people injured was around five. He was unable to say how serious their injuries were.</s>Seven people were injured in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Thursday night, after a man went on a rampage with an axe at the city’s main railway station. The attacker was later arrested, but described only “as 36-year-old from former Yugoslavia”, The Guardian reported. At least three of the victims and the attacker were seriously hurt, and while the others sustained minor injuries.

The police said there was no evidence of terrorism, and the attack appeared to be a random one. “The suspect appears to have had psychological problems,” police said, according to CBS news.

The station was locked down and officers searched the area after being alerted to the attacker’s presence. They have also confiscated the axe.</s>A man was arrested after injuring five people with an axe at Düsseldorf’s main train station on Thursday night, police have said.

A spokeswoman for Düsseldorf police, Anja Kynast, told the Associated Press that the man arrested had also been injured. She was unable to say how serious any of the injuries were.

Earlier, a spokesman for federal police, who are usually in charge of policing train stations, had said two people were arrested and further attackers might be on the run. This was later corrected by police who confirmed only one arrest.

Kynast said officers were searching the station and its surroundings, but that they did not have concrete information about any further attackers.</s>A man wielding an ax rampaged through the main train station in Düsseldorf, Germany, on Thursday, injuring seven people before he was arrested after jumping off an overpass, police said.

Düsseldorf police said three of the victims were seriously injured in the attack, which was reported at 8:50 p.m. (2:50 p.m. ET).

The suspect — described only as a 36-year-old man from the former Yugoslavia living in the nearby city of Wuppertal — was also injured while trying to escape, police said. They said he is believed to have acted alone and "apparently has mental problems."

No other details were immediately available, including indications of a possible motive, police said. The train station reopened early Friday.

"We were at the track waiting for the train. The train arrived, and suddenly someone jumped out with an ax and struck at the people," the national newspaper Bild quoted a witness as saying. "There was blood everywhere. I have never experienced anything like that."

The attack comes less than a year after three Syrian men believed to be affiliated with ISIS were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack in Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf, in western Germany about 50 miles from the Dutch border, is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most-populous state.</s>A man was arrested after injuring seven people with an axe at Düsseldorf’s main train station on Thursday night, police have said.

In a statement, they described the man as a 36-year-old from the former Yugoslavia who apparently had mental health problems. Police said three of the victims were seriously injured, with the others suffering minor injuries. The suspect was also injured.</s>A man was arrested after injuring five people with an axe at the main train station in Duesseldorf, Germany in what appeared to be a random attack, police said Thursday. Officers were alerted about an attack shortly before 9 pm (2000 GMT), prompting a large-scale response. “A person, probably armed with an axe, attacked people at random,” police said in a statement. “At least five people were injured, one of them very seriously.”

The suspected attacker was arrested after jumping off an overpass near the train station, the statement said. The man suffered serious injuries and was being treated in a hospital. Police said an axe was recovered and officers were searching the area in and around the station, which was closed for the investigation. Police withdrew an earlier report that a second person had been arrested.

German authorities have heightened security measures following a series of attacks in public places over the past year. In one attack last July, a 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker traveling on a train near Wuerzburg injured five people with an axe and a knife before being shot dead by police. The attack was later claimed by the Islamic State group. Duesseldorf police said there was no clear indication yet of the motive for Thursday’s attack.</s>A suspect was in custody after at least five people were injured Thursday night when one or more ax-wielding attackers rampaged through the main train station in Düsseldorf, Germany, police told NBC News.

A spokeswoman for North Rhine-Westphalia state police told NBC News that a man who had been arrested was considered a suspect in the attack. The man injured himself when he jumped off a bridge while on the run, she said.

The spokeswoman said that the man was believed to have acted alone but that authorities were looking for other possible suspects just in case.

No other details were immediately available, including indications of a possible motive, police said. The train station was closed as federal, regional and local police scoured the station.

"We were at the track waiting for the train. The train arrived, and suddenly someone jumped out with an ax and struck at the people," the national newspaper Bild quoted a witness as saying. "There was blood everywhere. I have never experienced anything like that."

The attack comes less than a year after three Syrian men believed to be affiliated with ISIS were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack in Düsseldorf.

Düsseldorf, in western Germany about 50 miles from the Dutch border, is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's largest state.</s>At least five people were injured and two others were in custody Wednesday night after one or more ax-wielding attackers rampaged through the main train station in Düsseldorf, Germany, police told NBC News.

Police were still looking for other possible suspects, a spokesman for the German federal police said.

No other details were immediately available, including indications of a possible motive, police said.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.</s>A MAN armed with an AXE has reportedly gone on a rampage at the central train station in Dusseldorf, injuring several people.
An assailant injures seven people, one severely, in an axe attack at the central railway station in Düsseldorf, Germany. Police have arrested one suspect.