Taking hostages in Cologne Station in Germany today – Live Updates

BERLIN – The Cologne police closed Monday for a few hours part of the main railway station in the western city of Germany, because of the hostage taking. Police officer Christoph Schulte told The Associated Press that the incident appeared to have started Monday at 12:45 pm. He added that parts of the train station, one of the largest in the country, were closed, as was the Breslauer Platz square behind the station.

Police issued a statement a few hours later, stating that only one suspect had been arrested. "The suspect is under control," said the Cologne police after reporting that a man was detaining a woman against his will. "A hostage woman has been slightly injured and tends to be."

Police used Twitter earlier on Monday to warn people to avoid going to the train station as ambulances and heavily armed police lined up behind the station, the daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger reported.

Police said in a subsequent tweet that no shot was fired and there were no immediate reports of casualties. Police said that there was no immediate suspicion of a connection with terrorism.

The German railway operator Deutsche Bahn had already tweeted that some of the station's tracks had been temporarily closed and trains were canceled or delayed.