BERLIN -- Several people were injured, including two hospitalized, in a random knife attack in western Berlin on New Year's Eve, German police reported Tuesday.
The incident took place around 11:50 am outside a supermarket in Charlottenburg, a typically quiet district of the capital, according to German newspaper Bild.
Witnesses said the assailant stabbed indiscriminately before several passers-by intervened and subdued him.
Emergency services responded shortly after, and the suspect was taken into police custody. German news agency DPA reported that there is currently no indication of a terrorist motive behind the attack.
Police have not released further details about the incident or the victims yet, and the investigation is ongoing.
