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WORLD NEWS Saturday 29 July 2017

1 dead, 6 injured Commuter train crashes in Barcelona; 53 hospitalized
in knife attack at
Germany market

By GEIR MOULSON
Associated press
BERLIN (AP) — A man
armed with a kitchen knife
fatally stabbed one person
at a supermarket Friday in
the northern German city
of Hamburg and six others
were injured as he fled, po-
lice said. He was overpow-
ered and arrested.
The suspect is a 26-year-old
who was born in the United
Arab Emirates, police said,
though they were still work-
ing to establish his national-
ity. Hamburg’s mayor said
that the man had appar-
ently sought shelter in Ger-
many and that authorities
had been unable to de-
port him because he had
no papers.
The assailant entered the The front of a commuter train wrecked after it ran into the buffers at a train station in Barcelona, Spain, early Friday July 28, 2017. The
supermarket in Hamburg’s morning commuter passenger train ran into the buffers leaving many people injured according to Catalan government officials
Friday.
Barmbek district Friday (AP Photo/Joseph Wilson)
afternoon and stabbed By JOSEPH
one man, who died at WILSON those people were seriously “When the train arrived at driver had passed a drug
the scene. Police said the Associated Press injured but their lives were Francia station, it applied and alcohol test taken af-
victim is believed to be a BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — not in danger. the brakes but at the same ter the crash.
50-year-old German. A Spanish commuter train By evening, health authori- time it made a noisy crash,” He also said agents were
After the assailant fled, he crashed into a buffer early ties said only 12 train pas- said passenger Said Saha- examining the train’s two
wounded a woman and Friday at a station in north- sengers remained in the raui. “The passengers were black boxes and that it
four men with his knife be- eastern Barcelona, tossing hospital. thrown to the floor.” could take days to fin-
fore being overwhelmed passengers to the floor and The accident happened De la Serna said the train’s ish the investigation. The
by passers-by, police said. sending 53 people to the at 7:15 a.m. on a train that 31-year-old driver, who was spokesman asked to re-
A fifth man was hurt while hospital, officials said. began at the coastal town among 19 people slightly main anonymous as dictat-
helping overpower the at- Public Works Minister Inigo of Sant Vicenc de Calders, injured, had seven years ed by police policy.
tacker, who was slightly in- de la Serna, who visited south of Barcelona. The im- of service on commuter The accident came as
jured, police said. Officers the scene at the Francia pact of the crash smashed trains. He said the train had RENFE rail workers staged
then arrested the assailant. station, said 56 people in the nose of the train and passed its most recent in- a one-day strike. The af-
The wounded people, all received medical treat- left it hanging off one side. spection on July 18. fected train was running
some of whom were seri- ment, with 53 taken to local More damage occurred A spokesman for the Cata- as part of minimum servic-
ously hurt, were taken to hospitals. Regional health between the train’s first lan police told The Associ- es ordered by the Public
hospitals, authorities said. authorities said three of and second cars. ated Press that the train’s Works Ministry.q
Barmbek is in northeastern
Hamburg, away from the Dutch fund for women’s health tops $300 million
downtown district.
Police said that they were
“investigating in every di- BRUSSELS (AP) — The Dutch The “She Decides” initia- the latest total numbers Fri- money has continued roll-
rection.” The news agency government says a cam- tive was launched in Janu- day, calling it “very good ing in.
dpa quoted two witnesses paign to raise funds for ac- ary after President Donald news for millions of wom- She says the pledges “show
at a nearby bakery as say- cess to birth control, abor- Trump cut U.S. funding for en and girls in developing again that the international
ing they heard the assail- tion and women’s sexual such services. countries.” community will not aban-
ant shout “Allahu akbar!” health programs in devel- Lilianne Ploumen, the A donor’s conference in don women in developing
as he held up the knife, but oping nations has so far Dutch minister for foreign Brussels in February raised countries and will guaran-
police did not confirm the raised more than 260 mil- trade and development just over 180 million eu- tee their basic right to fam-
report.q lion euros ($305 million). cooperation, announced ros, and Ploumen says the ily planning.”q