In Germany, a 28-year-old man accused of defamation stabbed a female witness to death in a court in Dresden today. Several other people were injured in the attack. 

A police spokesperson said the man, identified as Axel W., was overpowered and is now being interrogated. The court was sealed off immediately after the attack.

The court was hearing Axel W.'s appeal against a fine handed down last year for defamation. It is not clear if the victim was also involved in the earlier defamation case. A court spokesperson said Axel W. had not been searched before today's hearing started as there was no indication that it might be necessary.