Bamberg · BY

Minor threatens people with machete outside Bamberg railway station

On Sunday evening, a minor allegedly threatened people present outside Bamberg railway station with a machete. Police said he had previously argued with four teenagers and verbally threatened the group. Shortly afterwards, he took the machete from his jacket and held it in the air outside a nearby fast-food restaurant. Police arrested him at the scene and seized the machete. An investigating judge subsequently ordered the minor's temporary placement in a psychiatric hospital; the circumstances remain under investigation.

Source: www.polizei.bayern.de

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Incident date
Confirmed fatalities
Not separately confirmed
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Bamberg, Bavaria
Category
Knife threats
Injury information
Not stated
Confirmed injured persons
Not separately confirmed

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Editorial: Ronny Schmidt Contact