Hamburg stabbing: Eighteen injured in knife attack as woman arrested

A 39-year-old woman is understood to have acted alone with no "political motive", German police say.

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Hamburg police said on Saturday that four of the victims who had sustained life-threatening injuries were in a stable condition.

Officers arrested a 39-year-old German woman at the scene of the attack, which took place at about 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Friday.

Police said there was "very concrete evidence" of mental illness in the suspect, and no evidence the attack was politically motivated.

The woman remains in police custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Saturday.