A knife attack at a party to celebrate the 650 years of the city of Solingen (western Germany) has left at least Three dead and an as yet unspecified number of injuredaccording to police data.
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Police have described the attack as “attempt” and has deployed a large operation with numerous armed agents, special vehicles and helicopter support to search for the person responsible for the events. So far, no description of the subject has been provided, although according to some media there are witnesses who speak of a “Arab-looking” man.
“That’s one of our problems, we don’t have enough data on him,” police spokesman Alexander Kresta told the private channel. NTV.
Police assume that the man is a lone man and have no information about any possible accomplices.
The man, according to the police, After stabbing several people in the neck, he managed to escape in the midst of panic.
How did the events happen?
I don’t want to cause panic, please stay calm. But we have a knife attack with several injured, we have to interrupt the festival. Please go home slowly.
The events occurred when a concert was taking place that was part of the festival and was interrupted to ask people to leave the city centre.
“I don’t want to create panic, please stay calm. But we have a knife attack with several people injured, we have to stop the festival. Please go home slowly,” said one of the festival’s officials, Phillip Müller.
He festival had to be suspended and people were asked to avoid the city centre and stay at home.
The mayor of Solingen has spoken out on the matter
We are all in Solingen in shock. We wanted to celebrate the anniversary of our city and now we have to mourn the dead and grieve for the injured.
“We are all in shock in Solingen. We wanted to celebrate the anniversary of our city and now we have to mourn the dead and grieve for the injured. I have tears in my eyes and a broken heart. I think of those who have died and pray for those who are still fighting for their lives,” said the Mayor of Solingen, Tim Kurzbachon Facebook.
According to the organizers, There are still nine people in danger of deathPolice are reporting five serious injuries.
The Prime Minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Hendrik Wustsaid on his X account that the entire “land” is now united in a feeling of dismay and mourning.
“This is a brutal and senseless act of violence that has struck us in the heart,” he said.
He NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul He has travelled to Solingen. “One wishes that what we see here were not true. I am thinking of the relatives of the victims and the injured. We can only hope that the seriously injured will be saved,” he said.
At least 80,000 visitors were expected over the weekend to celebrate Solingen’s 650th anniversary. The festival was to continue until Sunday with various concerts and shows.
The attack came just days after Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced plans to restrict the carrying of long knives in public.
According to police statistics, 9,000 cases of knife injuries were recorded in Germany last year.
EFE
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