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| Three dead after stabbing attack at ‘Diversity Festival’ in Germany | Three dead after stabbing attack at ‘Diversity Festival’ in Germany |
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| The suspect, who attacked people in the city of Solingen, was still at large a day later | |
| Three people were killed and eight more were seriously wounded during a stabbing spree at the Festival of Diversity in the German city of Solingen on Friday evening, police said. The sole suspect remains at large. | |
| According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrator started attacking people at random at around 9:45pm local time at Solingen’s Fronhof Square, where many had arrived to celebrate the city’s 650th anniversary. | According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrator started attacking people at random at around 9:45pm local time at Solingen’s Fronhof Square, where many had arrived to celebrate the city’s 650th anniversary. |
| Police have declared a manhunt for the suspect, who had fled the scene. “We currently have no information about his whereabouts,” a police spokesman said. | Police have declared a manhunt for the suspect, who had fled the scene. “We currently have no information about his whereabouts,” a police spokesman said. |
| According to Bild, eyewitnesses described the perpetrator as “an Arab-looking man.” | According to Bild, eyewitnesses described the perpetrator as “an Arab-looking man.” |
| “We are all in shock,” Solingen Mayor Tim Kurzbach said. “We had wanted to celebrate our city’s anniversary together, and now we have to mourn the dead and the injured.” | “We are all in shock,” Solingen Mayor Tim Kurzbach said. “We had wanted to celebrate our city’s anniversary together, and now we have to mourn the dead and the injured.” |
| BREAKING:At least 3 stabbed to death at “diversity festival” in Solingen, Germany 🇩🇪People are still receiving CPR treatment on the scene, but several bodies have also been covered with sheets.@BILD reports that eyewitnesses say an “Arab-looking man” started stabbing people pic.twitter.com/2443bpZZjR | BREAKING:At least 3 stabbed to death at “diversity festival” in Solingen, Germany 🇩🇪People are still receiving CPR treatment on the scene, but several bodies have also been covered with sheets.@BILD reports that eyewitnesses say an “Arab-looking man” started stabbing people pic.twitter.com/2443bpZZjR |
| Solingen, a city with a population of nearly 160,000, is located in Germany’s western North Rhine-Westphalia state, not far from the larger cities of Dusseldorf and Cologne. | Solingen, a city with a population of nearly 160,000, is located in Germany’s western North Rhine-Westphalia state, not far from the larger cities of Dusseldorf and Cologne. |
| Germany has seen several stabbing attacks in recent years. In 2021, a Somali national armed with a kitchen knife killed three people inside a store in Wurzburg. In June 2024, an Afghan asylum-seeker attacked people at a small rally organized by an anti-Islamist group in Mannheim. He injured six people, including a police officer who later succumbed to his wounds. | Germany has seen several stabbing attacks in recent years. In 2021, a Somali national armed with a kitchen knife killed three people inside a store in Wurzburg. In June 2024, an Afghan asylum-seeker attacked people at a small rally organized by an anti-Islamist group in Mannheim. He injured six people, including a police officer who later succumbed to his wounds. |