After a knife attack in Hamburg-Rahlstedt, a 34-year-old woman died in the hospital. The police arrested a suspect shortly after the crime, a police spokeswoman said. The 28-year-old German Pole is said to have attacked the woman with a knife in an apartment on Wednesday evening and seriously injured her. She was taken to a hospital, accompanied by an ambulance, where she succumbed to her injuries.

The 28-year-old fled the apartment when police arrived. The officials could have arrested him a little later. He was injured while escaping. So the police took him to a hospital. He was scheduled to appear before the magistrate on Thursday.

The motive for the crime is completely unclear. The police spokeswoman could not say whether the suspect and the woman knew each other or had a relationship. However, the investigators did not assume that the man wanted to break into or attack an unknown woman. The homicide squad took over the investigation. It is also unclear whether the two argued before the crime. Neighbors in the apartment building had alerted the police on Wednesday evening. It is also unclear who lived in the apartment and whether other people were present at the time of the crime. One of the windows at the scene of the crime was smeared with blood.

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