The attack occurred during a festival in the German city of Solingen.
Three people have been killed and four seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, police said. Police said the perpetrator was on the run, German news agency dpa reported. It cited unidentified police sources as saying the weapon was believed to be a knife. The attack happened on a central square, the Fronhof, at about 9.45pm on Friday local time .
He said many people had been wounded by "a knifeman". Mayor Tim Kurzbach said in a Facebook post: "This evening, we in Solingen are all in shock. We all wanted to celebrate our city's anniversary together and now have dead and wounded to lament." "It breaks my heart that an attack on our city happened," he said.
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