(Deutsche Welle) Three people were killed and five seriously injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen on Friday.
Police said they had launched a “major operation to find the suspect, who escaped in the turmoil and panic that initially spread after the crime.”
According to media reports, a man stabbed passers-by at random with a knife at a festival celebrating the city’s 650th anniversary.
The local newspaper Solinger Tageblatt reported that three people had been killed and others were in a life-threatening situation.
In the wake of the attack, the city of Solingen has completely canceled its 650th anniversary celebrations.
