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From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 24, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 24, 2024
German police search for assailant in festival stabbing that killed 3
Forensic police use torch lights on August 24, 2024 to inspect the scene where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on late August 23, 2024 in Solingen, western Germany (INA FASSBENDER / AFP)
German police say they are 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.
Eight were injured, five of them seriously, police say.
“Both victims and witnesses are currently being questioned. The police are currently searching for the perpetrator with a large team,” they say.
The incident occurred around 9:40 p.m. (1940 GMT) on Friday, when the man attacked multiple people with a knife. Fatal stabbings and shootings are relatively uncommon in Germany. The government wants to toughen rules on knives that can be carried in public by reducing the maximum length allowed.
