German police said on Saturday that they were still searching for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded others in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western city of Solingen. - REUTERS
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00:00At least three people were killed, and several others were badly wounded in a mass stabbing
00:06in Germany on Friday.
00:09Police searched the scene of the attack in Solingen, a city in western Germany.
00:13They believe the suspect, a single, unidentified man, carried out the act on his own, and he
00:19was still at large.
00:20A police spokesperson appealed for witnesses to come forward.
00:24Today's attack came during a festival celebrating the town's 650th anniversary at a market square
00:30where live bands were playing.
00:33The state's interior minister, Herbert Rohr, told reporters at the scene it was a targeted
00:37attack on human life, but declined to speculate on the motive.
00:41Fatal stabbings and shootings are uncommon in Germany, but the government wants tougher
00:46laws on carrying knives in public and banning longer blades.
00:50In June 2024, a 29-year-old policeman died after he was stabbed during an attack on a
00:57right-wing demonstration in Mannheim.