German police search for motive in attack on private football party

(DPA) Police in Germany are still searching for a motive as they investigate a man who attacked several people at a private European Championship party in a small town.

The incident happened on Friday night in Wolmirstedt, in the central state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Police said a 27-year-old man broke into a single-family home and attacked several people who had gathered on the patio to watch the Euro 2024 opening game between Germany and Scotland.

He stabbed at several people with a “knife-like object,” police said.

The assailant, an Afghan national, seriously injured a 50-year-old woman and a 75-year-old man. A 56-year-old man was slightly injured.

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