Three people died as a result of an attack with a knife at an event in the German city of Zolingen (Federal Land of the North Rhine-Westphalia).
As the German media reports, the unknown unknown was impacted with a knife and he managed to hide.
A large number of police and medical brigades were sent to the region.
The representative of the Vuppertal police department, Alexander Cross, said that calls regarding the incident with a knife began to arrive at 21.37 local time. According to him, 3 people were killed as a result of the attack.
The police representative noted that the attacker is wanted and the police could not say about his personality.
According to the German news agency DPA, five people were seriously injured.
According to the newspaper Solinger Tageblatt, the attack occurred at the festival dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the city of Zolingen. It was expected that the holiday, called the “Festival of Diversity”, would last until Sunday, August 25.Day all the events were canceled.