“Hamm police have a large operation going on in the area of ​​Hamm-Lippstadt University. Several people have been stabbed. The perpetrator has been taken into custody. We are at the scene in numbers and we ask you to avoid this area,” Hamm police said. on their official Twitter account on Friday.
The situation at the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences in the northwestern German city of Hamm was later declared safe after the incident. A Dortmund police spokesman said it was unclear whether the suspect was linked to the university.