Three stabbed dead at German festival

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 25, 2024 12:08 am

(UPDATE) SOLINGEN, Germany — Police in Germany on Saturday stepped up a major hunt for a man who stabbed three people to death and wounded eight others at a street festival in the western city of Solingen, authorities said.

Police closed off the center of Solingen after the Friday night attack at the city's 'Festival of Diversity.' A police statement said five of the wounded were in 'serious' condition.

BUDDING MEMORIAL Flowers are placed on Aug. 24, 2024 near the place where at least three people were killed and several others were injured in a knife attack the night before in the city of Solingen, western Germany. AFP PHOTO

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