German Police Arrest Suspect After Deadly Attack at Festival
- Three stabbed to death and eight wounded in city of Solingen
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Forensic police inspect the area where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife in Solingen, Germany, on early Aug. 24.
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German police have arrested a man who is “to the highest degree” suspected of fatally stabbing three people at a festival in the city of Solingen on Friday, an official of North-Rhine Westphalia state said.
Herbert Reul, the state’s interior minister, declined to elaborate on details in an interview with public broadcaster ARD, saying the investigation was ongoing. He said police found evidence related to the arrested person, the target of a manhunt.