A manhunt is underway in Germany after at least nine people were stabbed at a diversity festival on Friday night reportedly by a middle eastern-looking man.
Bild, Germany’s largest newspaper, said that police are treating the incident as a “terror attack” after the suspect, who witnesses described as “an Arab-looking man,” began attacking people at a busy city square in Solingen where a stage was set up for the event.
At least three people were killed during the attack, the report said. The suspect reportedly stabbed people in the neck during the attack.
“The attacker stabbed people at random with a knife. That’s why we are currently assuming it was an attack,” said Chief Inspector Sascha Kresta, spokesman for the Wuppertal police. “There are currently three fatally injured victims, five seriously injured and people in shock. A large-scale search for the attacker is…