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Lüdenscheid (dpa) - Unknowns fired several shots at a train in Lüdenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday evening.

The passengers and the train staff were not injured, said a police spokesman at night.

The number of shots is still unclear.

The shots were fired around 9 p.m.

"Several windows have splintered but not smashed," said the press secretary.

The homicide squad is investigating, the police are also looking for the perpetrators with the help of a helicopter.

Because of the investigations, the section between Lüdenscheid-Bruges and Lüdenscheid was closed to rail traffic, according to Deutsche Bahn.

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