Three Dead, ‘Multiple’ Injured in Mass Stabbing at German Festival
Three people are dead and “multiple” more are injured after an attacker reportedly began stabbing attendees at random during a festival celebrating the 650th anniversary of the founding of the German city of Solingen on Friday night.
Local newspaper Solinger Tageblatt reported that the stabbing began at around 9:45 p.m local time, during a performance at the festival, which was taking place at a popular marketplace in the city. Two sources who spoke with the newspaper confirmed that three people have died and up to six more were injured, at least three seriously.
Lars Breitzke, an attendee at the festival, told the Tageblatt that “a person fell over just a meter away from me.”