Germany Mass Stabbing: On one hand, a big festival was being celebrated in the city of Solingen in Germany, on the other hand, an unknown person committed a stabbing. The suspected attacker suddenly came and started attacking the locals with a knife in broad daylight. At least three people have lost their lives in the attack, while four people were seriously injured. After carrying out the attack, the accused fled from the spot and the incident created a sensation in the entire city. At present, the police is conducting a search operation to arrest him.
According to media reports, the police said that the suspect is absconding. They are making all efforts to catch him. Special police force has also been deployed. The attack took place on Friday when the entire Solingam city was celebrating the 650th three-day anniversary of the foundation day. The suspected attacker stabbed near the stage of the venue and a music program was going on at that time.
Was this a terrorist attack in Solingen?
Regarding the stabbing incident, North Rhine Westphalia’s Interior Minister Herbert Ruhl said that no one knows why this incident happened and what is the motive behind it. Who carried it out? No one knows anything about this either. Meanwhile, the police said that initially it seems that the attack was done intentionally. However, when journalists asked whether it was a terrorist attack, the police said that it cannot be said at this time. According to the police, police officers are conducting a large-scale search operation using all available resources including vehicles.
We are all in shock – Mayor Tim Kurzbach
Regarding the entire incident, the city’s mayor Tim Kurzbach wrote on Solingen’s Facebook page that we are all in shock. The people of the city are facing fear and sadness. While on one hand we had to celebrate the city’s anniversary together, now we have to mourn the dead and the injured together.
There was a stabbing incident in Germany in May too
This is not the first time that a stabbing incident has taken place in Germany. Such incidents keep coming up there every day. In early May 2024, a similar incident took place in Mannheim, in which the attacker attacked with a knife during a right-wing demonstration. Many people including police officers were injured in the attack. The attack was carried out when elderly and anti-Islam activist Michael Sturzenberger was addressing the right-wing protest.