Together with the president of the university, Prof. Kira Kastell, and the head of the Hamm fire department, fire director Daniel Hüwe, they talked to students who were able to overpower the perpetrator or provide first aid until the emergency services arrived.
Interior Minister Herbert Reul emphasized: "I am deeply impressed by the courageous behaviour of the rescuers and helpers. These young people deserve my greatest appreciation - they have achieved something extraordinary."
Polizeipräsident Thomas Kubera also emphasized the special civil courage: "Each and every one of you has contributed to preventing other people from being injured or even killed."
Kubera thanked the management of the university for the good and intensive cooperation in dealing with the event and its consequences - the good networking between the university, the city of Hamm and the police played a key role in this.
In a subsequent round of talks at Polizeipräsidium Hamm, which was also attended by Lord Mayor Marc Herter, the police and fire department reported to the Minister of the Interior on their experiences of dealing with the incident.
Representatives of emergency pastoral care also took part in both talks as an important part of the subsequent psychosocial emergency aid. The regional pastor for emergency pastoral care, Ingo Janzen, is also more than satisfied with the cooperation between the fire department, police, emergency pastoral care and the university: "This made it possible for us to hold individual and group discussions with the university members affected very quickly after the incident."