Six injured in a knife attack on a bus in Germany
4 months, 1 week ago

Six injured in a knife attack on a bus in Germany

The Hindu  

Police arrested a 32-year-old woman after six people were hurt in a knife attack on a bus headed to a festival in western Germany. The knife attack took place in Siegen, east of Cologne. The bus was on its way to a local festival in the town and at least another 40 people were on board when the attack took place at about 7:40 p.m. Police and prosecutors said the six people wounded were aged between 16 and 30 and all were from the region. The stabbing in Siegen happened a week after a knife attack in Solingen, a city in the same state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of killing three people and wounding another eight.

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Berlin police say they have detained a man who attacked 2 people with a knife
Top News
1 week, 3 days ago

Berlin police say they have detained a man who attacked 2 people with a knife

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Berlin police said they detained a man Tuesday who attacked and injured two people in the city’s Charlottenburg neighborhood, further jolting Germany days after a deadly Christmas market attack elsewhere in the country. A police statement called it an “attempted murder.” It said the man attacked two men in a supermarket and on a sidewalk in front of …

Germany: Man detained after knife attack in Berlin, several injured
1 week, 4 days ago

Germany: Man detained after knife attack in Berlin, several injured

India TV News  

A man was taken into custody on Tuesday after allegedly attacking and injuring several people in the Charlottenburg neighborhood of Berlin. According to Berlin police, emergency services were called to the area shortly before noon after reports of multiple people being injured, presumably with a knife. This attack comes amid heightened security concerns in Germany following a deadly Christmas market …

Woman, 32, arrested after six hurt in knife attack on bus in Germany
4 months, 1 week ago

Woman, 32, arrested after six hurt in knife attack on bus in Germany

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police arrested a 32-year-old woman …

Five people stabbed on bus in western German town of Siegen
4 months, 1 week ago

Five people stabbed on bus in western German town of Siegen

ABC  

A woman stabbed and wounded five people in a bus in western Germany on Friday, police said, one week after a deadly knife attack that shook the country. Three people killed in stabbing at German festival Photo shows Solingen stabbing Germany Three people are dead and at least five are injured after being stabbed at a festival in the western …

German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack
4 months, 1 week ago

German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Top German officials said Wednesday they will hold talks with the country’s opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration following the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of killing three people. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser will invite …

German stabbing suspect held as IS claims attack
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German stabbing suspect held as IS claims attack

China Daily  

A woman kneels at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a knife attack on Saturday in Solingen, Germany. ROBERTO PFEIL/AFP German police have arrested a suspect for Friday's knife rampage in the western city of Solingen, an attack that killed three people and injured eight others. Early on Sunday, Dusseldorf police said in a joint statement with the prosecutor's …

German police say 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German police say 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack

The Hindu  

German police said early on Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. Düsseldorf police said in a joint statement with the prosecutor’s office that the man “stated that he was responsible for the attack,” adding …

German police say 26-year-old suspect has confessed to fatal knife attack at festival in Solingen
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German police say 26-year-old suspect has confessed to fatal knife attack at festival in Solingen

ABC  

German police said a man has given himself up and confessed to killing three people and wounding eight others in a knife rampage at a street festival. Police said in a statement that the suspect was a 26-year-old Syrian man who had "given himself up to authorities… and declared himself responsible for the attack". Three people killed in stabbing at …

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German police arrest knife rampage suspect as Islamic State claims attack

The Hindu  

German police on Saturday arrested the suspect behind a knife rampage that left three people dead at a local festival in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. “We have just arrested the true suspect,” North Rhine-Westphalia region Interior Minister Herbert Reul said on public television late Saturday evening. In a statement on Telegram, IS’s Amaq propaganda arm said …

Germany terror attack: Police arrest second suspect after raiding refugee shelter in Solingen as ISIS claims responsibility for knifeman rampage which killed three people
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany terror attack: Police arrest second suspect after raiding refugee shelter in Solingen as ISIS claims responsibility for knifeman rampage which killed three people

Daily Mail  

German police have made a second arrest in their investigation into a knife attack at a diversity festival in Germany which killed three people on Friday. The refugee building was just 300 metres from the scene of the stabbing in Fronhof and just 150 meters from where the suspected murder weapon was recovered People take part in a memorial service …

Three people killed and eight injured after stabbing attack at festival in Germany
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Three people killed and eight injured after stabbing attack at festival in Germany

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Police said that the perpetrator was on the run, …

German festival stabbing: Police hold press conference after three people killed at Soligen
4 months, 2 weeks ago

German festival stabbing: Police hold press conference after three people killed at Soligen

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch again as German police …

Germany knife attack: Prosecutors don’t rule out terrorism
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Germany knife attack: Prosecutors don’t rule out terrorism

The Hindu  

Special police units on Saturday joined the search for an unknown man who carried out a stabbing attack at a crowded festival in the western German city of Solingen, killing three people and wounding at least eight others, five of them seriously. What happened yesterday in our city has hardly let any of us sleep,” the mayor of Solingen, Tim …

6 injured in a knife attack in the German city of Mannheim. Police shot and wounded the assailant
7 months, 1 week ago

6 injured in a knife attack in the German city of Mannheim. Police shot and wounded the assailant

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A man stabbed several members of a group that describes itself as opposing “political Islam” on a central square in the German city of Mannheim on Friday, authorities said. The assailant stabbed participants in an event organized by the Pax Europa group, wounding five members of the organization, police and prosecutors said in a statement. Pax Europa describes …

Germany: Police arrest knife attacker who killed 2 and injured 7 on train
1 year, 11 months ago

Germany: Police arrest knife attacker who killed 2 and injured 7 on train

Live Mint  

Two people lost their lives and seven others were injured in a knife attack by a stranger on a train in northern Germany on Wednesday. According to the state Federal Police force, the suspect began his attack immediately after RE70 Hamburg Hbf, a regional train travelling from Keil to Hamburg arrived at the Brokstedt station. Expressing his condolence and shock …

Knife Attacker Kills Two on German Train Before Capture
1 year, 11 months ago

Knife Attacker Kills Two on German Train Before Capture

News 18  

At least two people were killed and seven wounded in a knife attack on a regional train in northern Germany Wednesday in which fellow passengers overpowered the alleged assailant, police said. Federal interior minister Nancy Faeser called the attack “shocking news” and said her thoughts were with the victims “of this terrible act” and their families. Sabine Suetterlin-Waack, the interior …

Knife attack on German high-speed train leaves several injured
3 years, 2 months ago

Knife attack on German high-speed train leaves several injured

Op India  

Several people were injured in a knife attack that took place on a high-speed train in Germany. Reportedly, the knife attack occurred on the ICE high-speed train between Regensburg and Nuremberg on Saturday morning. A spokesman for the Oberpfalz police authority said, “There has been an attack on an ICE train and police shortly afterwards arrested a male person, and …

Bavaria, Germany: Knife Attack on Train Injures 3, No Casualties Reported
3 years, 2 months ago

Bavaria, Germany: Knife Attack on Train Injures 3, No Casualties Reported

The Quint  

On Saturday, 6 November, the German Federal Police reported a knife attack on a train in Bavaria, a state in Southeastern Germany, Deutsche Welle reported. The police received a distress call around 9:20 am local time and the train was halted near Seubersdorf, a town just south of Nuremberg. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer also said that the context of the …

3 people dead in Germany knife attack
3 years, 6 months ago

3 people dead in Germany knife attack

India TV News  

At least three people died and several others were injured in a knife attack in Germany's southern city of Wurzburg, according to police. The incident took place on Barbarossaplatz square in the city centre on Friday evening, reports Xinhua news agency. The suspect, a 24-year-old Somali man, stabbed several people with a 40-cm-long knife and police used firearms and arrested …

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