Several killed in Germany knife attack

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Source: BBC

A number of people have been killed and injured in a suspected knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say.

They say the attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is believed to be still at large.

Bild website says a man randomly stabbed passers-by. A manhunt is now under way, with police helicopters seen hovering above the city.
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Philipp Müller, one of the concert co-organisers, said the emergency crews were fighting for the lives of nine people, the Solinger Tageblatt newspaper reports.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd73292p1vpo

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The Guardian currently says 3 dead, 4 seriously injured, and it was a "diversity festival":

Three killed and four seriously injured at diversity festival in Germany

Three people have been killed and four are seriously wounded, German police have said, after an attack at a festival in the city of Solingen in the country’s west.
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The local Solinger Tageblatt newspaper reported that authorities called on people to leave downtown Solingen and that one of the festival organisers, Philipp Müller, said on a stage that emergency workers were fighting for the lives of nine people.
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Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach said the city was “in shock, horror and great sadness”.

“We all wanted to celebrate our city’s anniversary together and now we have to mourn the deaths and injuries.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/people-killed-and-injured-at-festival-in-solingen-in-germany-report