Police stand near the scene of fatalities and injuries in an attack at the 650th anniversary celebrations of German city Solingen.
Photo: Gianni Gattus / DPA / AFP
Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man stabbed passers-by at random with a knife at a city festival in the western German city of Solingen, newspaper Bild reported.
Bild reported that the event occurred around 9.45pm local time and that at least three people were dead and multiple people were wounded.
Witnesses said the perpetrator was at large, the paper added.
The local newspaper Solingen Tageblatt reported on its website that the attack occurred at a festival to honour town’s 650 years.
Local police said they were not yet able to comment.
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– Reuters