According to BILD information, an arrest was made
Solingen (NRW) – They wanted to celebrate carefree, but he deliberately stabbed them: The police are hunting the knife attacker from Solingen who killed three people and injured eight others at the “Festival of Diversity”. Now there is an initial description of the perpetrator.
Knife Attacker still on run after leaving 3 dead and 8 injured #Solingen Diversity Festival
A knifeman has left at least three people dead after stabbing random passersby in the neck in a horrific ‘terror attack’ at a diversity festival in Germany.
Eight others have been injured, five of them seriously, in the knife attack in the western German city of Solingen last night, police have said.
A desperate manhunt has been launched to find the killer who fled after carrying out the ‘brutal and senseless’ killings.
The usually quiet Fronhof central square was packed for the three-day Festival of Diversity, but the upbeat atmosphere swiftly turned to terror when those gathered close to the stage reeled as a man randomly began stabbing attendees in the neck with a knife.
From the Beeb …
Police revealed that a 15-year-old had been arrested in connection with the case
The teenager is suspected of knowing about the attack beforehand and not reporting it to police
