In the city of Solingen, Germany, a knife attack at a festival led to the deaths of three people, while four others were seriously injured. The police are actively searching for the suspect, who is still at large, and have set up a large area to help with their investigation.
In Solingen, a city in Germany, there was a violent attack at a festival celebrating the city’s 650th anniversary. A man started stabbing people randomly, causing shock and fear among those present. Special forces and a helicopter were brought in to handle the situation. The mayor of Solingen, Tim-Oliver Kurzbach, expressed deep sadness and said that the whole city was in shock. He thanked the emergency services for their quick response and offered his sympathies to the victims and their families. The premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wuest, also expressed his grief and described the attack as brutal and senseless. The festival, called the “Festival of Diversity,” was meant to last three days and feature music, street performances, and comedy shows, with up to 75,000 visitors expected.
A festival was canceled in Solingen after one of the organizers came on stage and told the crowd to leave the city center. Thousands of people left the area calmly but in shock. According to reports, there was a sense that something was wrong when people noticed the expression on a singer’s face on stage. A witness, Lars Breitzke, said he saw someone fall nearby and initially thought the person was drunk. However, when he looked around, he saw others lying on the ground and pools of blood.
Festival organizer Philipp Mueller later confirmed that the rest of the festival would not continue and that all artists and vendors had been informed of the cancellation. Germany has been experiencing several knife attacks recently, prompting the Interior Minister, Nancy Faeser, to promise tougher measures against knife crimes. For instance, in May, a police officer was killed, and five others were injured in a knife attack at a far-right rally in Mannheim
