Knife rampage in Solingen
At least three people killed at City Festival
Several seriously injured. Perpetrator on the run
Solingen- Dead and injured at the City Festival! Around 9:45 pm, a man with a knife randomly stabbed passersby in Solingen . The perpetrator, according to witness statements, an Arab-looking man, is on the run.
According to initial information, there are reportedly three dead and four seriously injured. Dozens of rescue workers are busy (treating) the injured. The scene of the crime is the Fronhof, a lively square in the inner city, with a stage built for the occasion of the City Festival (and) live bands were playing.
Caption: The police have sounded a major alarm; the perpetrator is on the run.
Perpetrator deliberately stabbed the throats of his victims.
The man reportedly deliberately stabbed his victims in the throat with the knife. For that reason, the investigators are classifying the crime as a terror attack and no longer as a rampage.
The police have sounded a major rampage alarm, and a search for the stabber is underway. The City Festival was canceled and a police helicopter is circling. Heavily armed SEK units with about 40 special vehicles from all over North-Rhine Westphalia are in Solingen. Street intersections were closed, and residents were told to stay in their homes and avoid the city center. A temporary situation center was set up in a cafe.
*Update: Here is the BILD video with English subtitles added. Hat tip Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.
*Update: The Solinger Tageblatt is reporting that a 15-year-old is in custody and is charged, at this point, for failing to report a planned crime. It appears that a witness overheard a conversation by the suspect and another person discussing details connected to the crime-before it happened. Police consider the actual stabber to still be at large and are not ruling out terror as a motive.
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