Berlin police say a man has been detained after attacking and injuring several people in the city’s Charlottenburg neighborhood.

Several people intervened after the suspect began stabbing people in the German capital's Charlottenburg neighborhood, a Berlin newspaper said. A Syrian national who lives in Sweden was arrested.

Berlin police said they detained a man on Tuesday who attacked and injured two people in the city’s Charlottenburg neighbourhood, further jolting Germany days after a deadly Christmas market attack. Police said the attacker was a Syrian citizen with residency in Sweden.

Two men have been injured in a knife attack in western Berlin, German police said on Tuesday. A man reportedly attacked several people on the street in the western district of Charlottenburg, a police spokeswoman said,

Several people have been injured in a suspected knife attack in western Berlin, German police said on Tuesday. A man reportedly attacked several people on the street in the western district of Charlottenburg,