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| A number of people reported killed in a terror knife attack in the western German city of Solingen | |||||
| 2024-08-24 | |||||
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Police say the attack happened during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. The attacker is believed to be still on the lam. Bild website says a man randomly stabbed passers-by. A manhunt is now under way, with police helicopters seen hovering above the city. The attack happened during the festival marking 650 years of Solingen. The city authorities asked people to leave the Fronhof market area and police are imposing security cordons. Emergency crews at the scene are now treating the injured, media reports say. Philipp Muller, one of the concert co-organisers, said the emergency crews were fighting for the lives of nine people, the Solinger Tageblatt newspaper reports. "People are shocked, but left the square peacefully," Mr Muller said.
Philipp Müller, one of the co-organizers, said paramedics are fighting to save the lives of nine people. The incident took place at Fronhof, a marketplace in the center of the city, where a stage had been set up for live music. Authorities asked residents to leave the city center, according to the Solinger Tageblatt. The police have issued a major alert and declared a manhunt. Armed officers are currently on the scene and have cordoned off large areas of the city. There are barriers all over the city. According to the German daily Bild, heavily armed SEK units with about 40 special vehicles from all over North Rhine-Westphalia had been deployed to Solingen. Road junctions have been blocked and residents have been asked to stay indoors and avoid the city center, the publication said. Solingen has a population of about 160,000. It is located near the larger cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia.
UPDATE 2315: Germany’s Bild newspaper has reported that eyewitnesses said that they saw an “Arab-looking man” flee from the scene of the attack. The suspect is still at large at the time of this reporting.
According to the local Solinger Tageblatt newspaper, citing two sources at the scene, the believed knife attack left three people dead, six others were seriously injured, and another was injured.
“We’ve just informed all the artists and stand operators,” he said.
Police are said to be classifying it as a terrorist attack, according to Bild. Germany's armed special police officers have been deployed to assist at the scene. Police spokesperson Alexander Kresta said: 'We would like to have a precise description of the perpetrator. That is difficult. Witnesses are in shock or can't speak at the moment. 'We assume [it is] a single offender. He's on the run. He killed three people at the city festival and seriously injured at least four. So we can't say that he's not dangerous. Germany's top security official, interior minister Nancy Faeser, recently proposed toughening weapons laws to allow only knives with a blade measuring up to 6cm (nearly 2.4in) to be carried in public, rather than the length of 12cm (4.7in), which is allowed now. The country has seen a series of knife attacks over the past 12 months. | |||||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Ref#9 Perhaps a cousin eh George? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-08-24 20:45 |
| #10 No names yet, Jack, but Deutsche Welle’s liveblog reports they’ve arrested him: Solingen stabbing suspect detained, local minister says Police have arrested a main suspect following the knife attack in Solingen, Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul told German TV. The minister spoke of a "real suspect" who police had been looking for all day, after a third person had been arrested in connection with the incident. "They were very probably, still cautiously speaking, not the ones we really suspected," said Reul with regard to the two previous arrests. "I myself am a bit relieved at the moment," the minister added. "I can only tell you that it is now more than a hunch. Not only did we have a lead on this person, but we've also found pieces of evidence." The arrested suspect's clothes were dirty and covered in blood, the German news magazine Der Spiegel quoted security sources as saying. Also, from an earlier post: One person was arrested in a refugee center in Solingen on Saturday evening, a day after the stabbing rampage that left three people dead and five injured. A police spokesman told the DPA news agency that investigations were continuing. Whether the detainee is suspected of being the attacker, authorities did not say. Links to the attack are still being investigated, the police spokesman said. Earlier in the day, police detained a 15-year-old who allegedly had prior knowledge of the attack. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-08-24 18:50 |
| #9 How about names? It wasn’t the Al-faq wad family was it? |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2024-08-24 17:06 |
| #8 IS claims responsibilty |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-08-24 15:33 |
| #7 Solingen? Oof. There haunted the Bergisches Land A dauntless Mohammedan wont To take infidels' lives With their own trusty knives, So they shot him. The end. ["But... we can't!"] |
| Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 2024-08-24 15:08 |
| #6 Get you sent to the island prison of Britain. Local guy farts in front of a smart TV, and the authorities are busting the door for hate speech, but they just simply can't be bothered to find these lethal knife skills training facilities. Don't tell me there aren't any, that one dude was rolling around like a real life John Wick scene and pegging the hit box every time. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-08-24 12:57 |
| #5 Breitbart, quoting Die Welt: The police report is said to have stated: “A witness injured in the crime stated that the unknown suspect was ‘known from Solingen’ and that he was also a visitor to a local mosque. A witness reported that the suspect shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ during his crimes.” |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-08-24 12:56 |
| #4 He yelled "Allahu akbar" before the attack. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2024-08-24 12:50 |
| #3 Please calmly leave the area. What you have witnessed was a bicycle accident. Repeat. A bicycle accident. Return to your homes, Authorities will let you know when you can exit them. Remember, you are being monitored. You are being. monitored. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-08-24 12:11 |
| #2 15-year-oldarrested in connection to horror knife attack in Germany that left 3 dead, several injured: authorities Authorities could not rule out a “terrorist” motive, noting multiple knives were found, Police Chief Markus Röhrl said. The attacker specifically targeted victims’ throats and necks, Röhrl added. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-24 10:52 |
| #1 The EUropeans just won't learn. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-08-24 04:19 |