Updated |Teenager arrested over knife attack at German festival that left three people dead and eight seriously wounded
A 15 year-old suspect is in custody after being apprehended during a large-scale manhunt by the German police
Police and ambulance crews at the scene of the attack
A15-year-old has been arrested by German police in connection with a knife attack at a festival earlier today that claimed the lives of three people and left at eight others injured.
At a press conference on Saturday afternoon, a police spokesperson confirmed they arrested a 15-year-old, but said they could not divulge further information, also telling reporters that investigators were still trying to establish a motive and that terrorism could yet not be ruled out.
Police also confirmed that two men, aged 67 and 56 and a 56-year-old woman had been killed in the attack. Eight other people were injured, four of them seriously.
Earlier on Saturday, local and international press reported that what is so far thought to be a lone attacker had deliberately stabbed his victims in the neck, during a festival in the western German city of Solingen, marking the 650th anniversary of the city’s founding.
The attacker seems to have stabbed passers-by at random on Friday evening.
A large-scale manhunt ultilizing helicopters and over 40 tactical vehicles, commanded by special task force officers was launched by the police, who blocked roads in the area and asked residents to remain indoors.
A police spokesman had told the German press on Saturday morning that from accounts given by several eyewitnesses, they were assuming that the attack had been carried out by one person.
