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Five people have been injured in an axe attack in Duesseldorf's main railway station, police say.
The attack happened at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday .
One man has been arrested, Duesseldorf police said, correcting an earlier police report of two arrests. No fatalities have been reported.
Searches are continuing in the area for possible further suspects, and rail traffic has been halted. The motive for the attack is unclear.
The federal police tweeted a warning to the public not to engage in speculation. They are not describing the attack as "terror", Reuters news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying.
Germany is on high alert for terror attacks. A jihadist drove a lorry into crowds at a Christmas market in Berlin in December, killing 12 people.
Images shared on social media from the scene in Duesseldorf showed that the station had been cordoned off by police, and helicopters hovered overhead.
Witnesses reported seeing injured people lying on the ground.
A reporter for Der Spiegel newspaper at the scene said the situation was returning to calm.
Emergency vehicles filed through Konrad Adenauer square outside the station entrance.
Duesseldorf's Hauptbahnhof is the city's primary railway station, serving a quarter of a million passengers daily.
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The attack happened at about 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday .
One man has been arrested, Duesseldorf police said, correcting an earlier police report of two arrests. No fatalities have been reported.
Searches are continuing in the area for possible further suspects, and rail traffic has been halted. The motive for the attack is unclear.
The federal police tweeted a warning to the public not to engage in speculation. They are not describing the attack as "terror", Reuters news agency quoted a police spokesman as saying.
Germany is on high alert for terror attacks. A jihadist drove a lorry into crowds at a Christmas market in Berlin in December, killing 12 people.
Images shared on social media from the scene in Duesseldorf showed that the station had been cordoned off by police, and helicopters hovered overhead.
Witnesses reported seeing injured people lying on the ground.
A reporter for Der Spiegel newspaper at the scene said the situation was returning to calm.
Emergency vehicles filed through Konrad Adenauer square outside the station entrance.
Duesseldorf's Hauptbahnhof is the city's primary railway station, serving a quarter of a million passengers daily.
Are you in the area or have you been affected by this incident? Share your experiences by emailing haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk.
Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:
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