German woman arrested after 18 injured in Hamburg knife attack, authorities say

CNN ^ | 5/24/2025 | Billy Stockwell, Sebastian Shukla, Chris Stern and Matthies Otto

[simpson96]

Eighteen people were injured, four critically, in a knife attack Friday in the German city of Hamburg, authorities said.

Hamburg police said they have arrested a 39-year-old German woman, who they believe acted alone in carrying out the attack at the city’s Central Station, after a major police operation. She is in police custody and expected to be brought to a court on Saturday, police said.

Seven people were “badly injured,” while seven others were “lightly injured,” police said. The victims are aged between 19 and 85 years old.

The four critically injured, who include a 24-year-old female, 24-year-old male, 52-year-old female and 85-year-old female, are in a stabilized condition, police said in an update on Saturday.

Investigations into the incident are ongoing. Police said there was “concrete” evidence that the suspect suffers from a mental illness.

In a statement late on Friday, Hamburg police said the attacker had acted “apparently indiscriminately, stabbed passersby, injuring some of them critically.”

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Following the attack, Germany’s Friedrich Merz thanked the city’s emergency responders for their assistance and said that his “thoughts are with the victims and their families,” according to federal government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius.

Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt also said his thoughts were with the victims and thanked the emergency services. “It is shocking when travelers are attacked in a treacherous and cowardly manner,” Dobrindt said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: findhermosque; lydia; lydias; slashing; stabbing

[simpson96]

"Diversity is our strength!"

"Shame on America for not welcoming all 'migrants'!"

Yada, yada...

Merz and Dobrindt.

[ClearCase_guy]

“German woman”
“mental illness”

I doubt it.

[ansel12]

I’ve been reading about Muslim knife attacks since childhood in the 1950s, but it used to be stories from Indonesia or the Philippines, or Malay, Egypt, or other exotic distant corners of the planet.

Our dads, such as my father could tell us about them for long before the 50s, it is a normal part of having Muslims in your nation.

[Steely Tom]

We’re not allowed to know the attacker’s name, apparently.

[neverevergiveup]

The Sprockets..

[mewzilla]

The perp was a known wolf...

https://www.dw.com/en/hamburg-knife-attack-suspect-was-known-to-police/a-72665609

[Gay State Conservative]

Lemme guess: was this “German” woman’s name Fatima by any chance?

[mewzilla]

Maybe be transgender...

[redfreedom]

I wonder if the Nationaler Messerverband will come to her rescue?

[webheart]

When they say German woman, it evinces images of Helga or Birgit or Petra, and that is what they want. As long as you think blonde hair and blue eyes it doesn’t matter what the truth is. The story disappears when too many actual facts are revealed. A German woman (blonde, blue eyes) stabbed a bunch of people. In other news, Trump.

[Responsibility2nd]

She wanted to see the manager.

They refused.

Karen didn’t take that so well.

[TheThirdRuffian]

From wiki

Lydia S., a 39-year-old German woman from Braunschweig,[48], was arrested by police as the suspect.[7][2][38][50] Witnesses stated that the woman had stabbed people indiscriminately.[23] Evaluation of surveillance footage preceding the stabbing led police to believe that she acted alone.[21][51]
According to police spokesperson Florian Abbenseth, there is no evidence pointing towards a political or extremist motive. Investigators had “strong indication” for mental illness and that the suspect had been in “mental distress” at the time of the crime.[23][51][52][53] There were no signs of intoxication on alcohol or drugs.[54][55]
According to the news magazine Der Spiegel, Lydia S. had a prior criminal record. On 5 March 2024, while riding a train to Bremen, she was arrested for attacking fellow passengers with a hatchet. On 5 January 2025, she slashed her father with scissors during an argument in Großhansdorf, leaving him with heavy injuries. On 26 February of the same year, Lydia S. punched a six-year-old girl at the food court in Hamburg Airport, resulting in her being involuntarily committed to Ochsenzoll clinic in Langenhorn.[56][57] During her stay, she assaulted another person in March, for which she was being criminally investigated. She was released from Ochsenzoll, but recomitted in early May after police found her in a “helpless state”. After receiving treatment at a closed psychiatric ward in Geestland, reported as either four days[58][59][60] or three weeks,[61][62][63] she was released a day before the attack.[2][64][65] She was previously diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was described as “part of the homeless community”.[54]

[tumblindice]

I am as happy as a leetle gurl. (resumes stabbing)

[Leaning Right]

> I doubt it. <

Yeah. A name and a picture would tell us a lot.

I’d also wonder about a Muslim convert situation. Muslim converts can often be the most radical of all. Here’s an example of that, from wonderfully diverse London:

[Jane Long]

Lydia sounds nice.

😱

[AndyTheBear]

Ok so not an Islam thing this time. Just a a different kind if violent crazy.

[Mr. Lucky]

Thank Goodness German’s aren’t allowed to carry firearms; someone could have been hurt.

[Jim Noble]

Maybe she was a “German woman” like the “Maryland Man”.

[ma_che62]

Given that, she is not a “shooter”...I guess we’d have to call her a “knife woman.”

“Seven people were BADLY WOUNDED (’badly injured,’), while seven others were WOUNDED (’lightly injured,’) police said. The victims are aged between 19 and 85 years old.

“The four critically WOUNDED (’injured’), who include a 24-year-old female, 24-year-old male, 52-year-old female and 85-year-old female, are in a stabilized condition, police said in an update on Saturday.”

When did we start swapping out “injured” for “wounded”? Right around the time when “Murderers” became “shooters.”

[srmanuel]

It appears the Ann Coulter Rule has spread to Europe, if the woman had been a member of AfD you would have heard about her affiliation immediately, since we haven’t heard anything, the woman is either transgender or a Muslim.