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German police search for assailant in festival stabbing that killed 3

08/24/2024

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2024.08.24 01:00

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German police said on Saturday that they were still searching for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded others in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western city of Solingen.

The police said in a statement early on Saturday that eight were injured, five of them seriously. That is up from the four serious injuries the police reported earlier.

© Reuters. Police members and forensic experts work following an incident in which several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man randomly stabbed passers-by with a knife at a city festival, in Solingen, Germany, August 24, 2024. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

“Both victims and witnesses are currently being questioned. The police are currently searching for the perpetrator with a large team,” police said.

The attack occurred around 9:40 p.m. (1940 GMT) on Friday, when the man attacked multiple people with a knife, the police said.

08/24/2024

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