Man threatens bus driver and passengers with knife

A man is said to have threatened a bus driver and several passengers with a knife in Hamburg-Neugraben. According to the police, two young people defended themselves against the man and thereby drove him off the bus. The suspect then fled.

The incident occurred on Monday evening shortly before 9 p.m. at Neugraben train station in the south of the Hanseatic city. The man entered a bus that was parked there and behaved abnormally, shouted and threatened the bus driver and passengers with a knife, said an employee of the police situation center.

Two young people who were also on the bus defended themselves against the man. According to the situation center, pepper spray was also used. The suspect then left the bus and fled in an unknown direction.

The emergency services that were alerted have not yet been able to find the man. According to current knowledge, no one was injured.