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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)
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."
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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.
