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Berlin.- The 39-year-old German woman arrested on Friday as the alleged perpetrator of the multiple stabbing that left 18 injured at Hamburg Central Train Station, in northern Germany, had been discharged from a psychiatric clinic the day before the incident.
According to the digital edition of the newspaper 'Bild' reported this Saturday, the detainee "had left a psychiatric center only one day before" the attack, which reinforces the theory that the stabbing was not due to a political motivation.
The possible actions of the woman due to psychological instability were already a line of investigation that the Police prioritized on the day of the event.
"The woman, born in Brunswick (center), was admitted to a specialized clinic in Bremerhaven until May 22, for four days," specified the aforementioned newspaper, the most widely read in Germany, which cited its own sources in its information.
This Saturday, Hamburg police specified in a statement that there is no indication that the detainee was under the influence of alcohol or any other drug.
According to reports in the media, the detainee was already known to the authorities, as she had been involved in violent acts, and, according to 'Bild', she assaulted a 6-year-old girl "in Terminal 1 of Hamburg Airport", which is why she was already the subject of an investigation.
This Saturday, the arrested person was scheduled to appear before the court while remaining in police custody.
According to police information, of the 18 injured -people aged between 19 and 85 years old-, seven people were slightly injured, seven seriously injured and four were in critical condition.
These last four people are women, two aged 24, one aged 52 and another aged 85, and are "stable", according to the Hamburg Police.
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At the time of the attack, Hamburg station was very busy because the Friday marked the beginning of the Pentecost school holiday travel, scheduled between May 26 and 30.
In the device that led to the author's arrest and assistance to those affected, a total of 400 police officers intervened, joined by fifty firefighters and emergency health services, according to the Hamburg Police statement.
