A man is in custody after allegedly going on the rampage with an axe and injuring seven people in Dusseldorf's main railway station.
Police said there was "no indication of a terrorist motive behind the attack", The Guardian reports, adding the alleged attacker was "a 36-year-old from the former Yugoslavia who apparently had mental health problems".
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An eyewitness told German newspaper Bild: "The train came and suddenly someone jumped out with an axe and started hitting people. There was blood everywhere."
Unverified images and videos uploaded to social media appear to show a number of victims lying on the ground, with one of the injured believed to be a 13-year-old girl.
Although one person is said to be in a serious condition, none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening, The Independent says.
The suspect made an attempted escape by jumping from an overpass. He is now under police guard in hospital with serious injuries.
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