German festival stabbing: Authorities confirm that three people were killed in the Solingen attacks
Authorities have confirmed that three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen.
At around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and 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.
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The police said the attack occurred at a festival to honour the town’s 650th anniversary.
The state’s interior minister, Herbert Reul, visited the scene, telling reporters it was a targeted attack on human life but declining to speculate on the motive.
The attack occurred at the Fronhof, the mayor’s statement said, a market square where live bands were playing.
