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3 dead after stabbing attack at festival in western Germany
SOLINGEN, Germany - Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday (Aug 23) night in the western German city of Solingen, police said. They said that at around 10 p.m. (4 a.m. Singapore time)
SOLINGEN, Germany - Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday (Aug 23) night in the western German city of Solingen, police said.
They said that at around 10 p.m. (4 a.m. Singapore time) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and that the perpetrator was still at large.
"It tears my heart apart that there was an attack on our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we have lost," Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach said in a statement. "I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives."
PHOTO: Reuters
Fatal stabbings and shootings in Germany are relatively uncommon.
The police said the attack occurred at a festival to honour the town's 650th anniversary.
Solingen is in North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany's most populous and bordering the Netherlands.
They said that at around 10 p.m. (4 a.m. Singapore time) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and that the perpetrator was still at large.
"It tears my heart apart that there was an attack on our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we have lost," Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach said in a statement. "I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives."
PHOTO: Reuters
Fatal stabbings and shootings in Germany are relatively uncommon.
The police said the attack occurred at a festival to honour the town's 650th anniversary.
Solingen is in North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany's most populous and bordering the Netherlands.