At least three people died and several others were injured late Friday night in Solingen, Germany, when a man stabbed passers-by indiscriminately with a knife at the town’s celebration, MTI reports.
According to media reports, at least five of the wounded are in a life-threatening condition.
The attack took place late in the evening at a celebration organized on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The police are searching for the perpetrator with great strength, helicopters have also been deployed, but so far the knifeman has not been caught.
The incident happened in the city center, in a marketplace where an outdoor stage was set up for concerts. The area was cordoned off, and participants were asked to leave the affected area. According to reports, thousands of people left the scene. The festival to mark the city’s 650th anniversary, which began on Friday, was supposed to last until Sunday, but was cut short due to the stabbing.
They are still looking for the suspect
Early Saturday morning, they were still looking for the suspect who stabbed three people and injured several others in Solingen, Germany, on Friday night.
A police spokesman said on Saturday that eight people were injured, five of them seriously. The suspect is on the run, there is no information about his whereabouts.
The interior minister of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia arrived at the scene and said that the suspect’s motive was unknown.
The attack took place on Friday, late in the evening, during a celebration organized on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the acquisition of city rights. Earlier, Bild newspaper reported that the attacker acted indiscriminately.
The German leadership also sent a message
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his shock at the knife attack and stressed that “the perpetrator must be caught quickly and brought down to the full extent of the law.”
The attack in Solingen is a terrible crime, I am completely upset. We mourn the victims and sympathize with their families. I wish the injured a speedy recovery
Scholz wrote on X.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser – also on X – stated that the German authorities will do everything in their power to apprehend the perpetrator of the brutal attack and clarify the motive for the crime. The minister assured the police of North Rhine-Westphalia of the federal government’s support in their work. He added that he is in constant contact with Provincial Interior Minister Herbert Reul on the matter.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier also wrote similar words in his statement as the chancellor. “Let’s unite against hate and violence!” he added. Philipp Müller, one of the organizers of the celebration on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the acquisition of city rights, asked people from the stage after the attack late on Friday evening to try to keep calm, but to “keep your eyes open, because unfortunately the perpetrator has not yet been caught”. .
In Germany, the number of knife attacks has increased recently, which worries society. For the time being, the Minister of the Interior has only suggested tightening the regulations on stabbing and cutting tools that can be owned in public areas: instead of a 12-centimeter edge length, only 6-centimeter blades should be allowed.
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2024-08-25 10:11:39