German cops hunt for assailant in festival stabbing

German cops hunt for assailant in festival stabbing

Police say the attacker left three people dead and eight of them injured.

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Police and ambulances are at the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in Solingen. (dpa/AP pic)
FRANKFURT:
German police said on Saturday that they were still searching for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded others in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western city of Solingen.

The police said in a statement early on Saturday that eight were injured, five of them seriously. That is up from the four serious injuries the police reported earlier.

“Both victims and witnesses are currently being questioned. The police are currently searching for the perpetrator with a large team,” police said.

The attack occurred around 9.40pm on Friday, when the man attacked multiple people with a knife, the police said.

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