BERLIN — German police said Friday that two Italian tourists were among nine people injured when a man randomly attacked passengers with an axe in Duesseldorf’s main train station. The suspect, a 36-year-old man from Kosovo, was arrested shortly after the attack late Thursday, said Dietmar Kneip, a senior police official. The man, who wasn’t named, is being treated in hospital for injuries suffered when he jumped from a bridge while trying to elude police. “He said in a first interview that he was trying to get police to shoot him,” said Kneip. RelatedFour female passengers, including the two Italians and a 13-year-old girl, and five men were injured in the attack.

Source: National Post March 10, 2017 15:33 UTC