By Petra Wischgoll
SOLINGEN, Germany (Reuters) -Three individuals had been killed and 4 others critically wounded in a stabbing assault at a competition on Friday evening within the western German metropolis of Solingen, police mentioned.
They mentioned that at round 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) a single, unidentified man attacked a number of individuals and that the perpetrator was nonetheless at giant.
“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 mentioned in an announcement. “I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives.”
Deadly stabbings and shootings in Germany are comparatively unusual.
The police mentioned the assault occurred at a competition to honour the city’s 650th anniversary.
Solingen is in North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany’s most populous and bordering the Netherlands.
The state’s inside minister, Herbert Reul, visited the scene, telling reporters it was a focused assault on human life however declining to take a position on the motive.
The assault occurred on the Fronhof, the mayor’s assertion mentioned, a market sq. the place dwell bands had been enjoying.
The German authorities has been aiming to toughen guidelines on knives that may be carried in public by decreasing the size allowed.
In June, a 29-year-old policeman died after being stabbed within the German metropolis of Mannheim throughout an assault on a right-wing demonstration.
There was a stabbing assault on a prepare in 2021, injuring a number of.
