A spokesman for the Duesseldorf Police told reporters the suspected assailant tried to escape but was arrested near the city’s central station and was taken to the hospital after sustaining severe injuries.
The 36-year-old male attacker lives in Wupperthal, in North Rhine-Westphalia, according to a police statement. The statement also said that he "has mental problems” and is originally from former Yugoslavia. The ax used in the attack was recovered.
Due to his injuries from the bridge fall the suspect was not yet able to be interrogated, the German news agency DPA reported.
"His motivation remains totally unclear,” a police official said earlier.
One victim suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital, police said.
Special police forces searched the station for a possible second suspect who might have been involved in the attack but authorities have not provided information about the results.
Last year, Germany witnessed five major terror attacks that were carried out by radicalized young people with suspected links to ISIS.
In July, three victims were injured in an ax attack on a train in southern Germany. Police found a hand-drawn ISIS flag in the room of an Afghan migrant who attacked passengers.
The bloodiest attack occurred on December 19 in Berlin when 12 victims were killed and dozens of others injured when a truck plowed into crowds at a Christmas market.
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