Man kills ex and child on Hamburg platform

A 33-year-old man put his 34-year-old ex-wife and their joint child of a year with a knife in a subway station in Hamburg on Thursday.

The man has been arrested. According to German media he comes from the African Niger and after the incident himself he had the police alarmed. The woman is of German nationality.

The backgrounds of the stabbing are not clear. According to the police, the man has 'very goal-oriented and very violently' on the victims.

Subway traffic past the popular station in the center of Hamburg was stopped after the stabbing.