Three people have died and four have been left seriously injured after a knife attack at a festival in Germany. Armed police swarmed the streets of Solingen as they launched a desperate manhunt for the killer who struck at 9. The usually quiet Fronhof central square was packed for the Festival of Diversity in the city which lies just a few miles from Dusseldorf. But those gathered close to the stage were left horrified as a man randomly began stabbing passers-by with a knife in the neck, local media reported.
Eerie photos from the scene show officers and emergency services standing solemnly in the darkness, surrounded by blue flashing lights with a helicopter circling above. During a lively performance by the Solingen world star DJ Topic, one of the organisers came on stage to call off the event and told the crowd to vacate the area.
Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack on Friday at a festival in Solingen, western Germany, the German dpa news agency reported. Special forces units from all over North Rhine-Westphalia are on their way to Solingen. Eerie photos from the scene show officers and emergency services standing solemnly in the darkness, surrounded by blue flashing lights.
Emergency services near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack. Around 40 emergency service vehicles flooded to the scene of the horrific attack.
Lars Breitzke thought they were just drunk but - noting the expression of shock on the singer's face - he turned and saw several others on the floor amid 'pools of blood'.
