A manhunt is under way after three people were killed in a mass stabbing at a festival in Solingen in Germany on Friday night.
Here is what we know so far:
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Three people have been killed and eight injured in a knife attack at a diversity festival in the west German city of Solingen, police said.
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Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30pm last night to an unknown attacker having wounded several people with a knife in the city’s central square, the Fronhof.
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Police are still searching for the attacker, who fled the scene. They said they believe the stabbings were carried out by a lone assailant. The motive for the attack is still not clear.
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The stabbings happened during a festival of diversity to mark the city’s 650th anniversary, which began on Friday and was supposed to run through to Sunday. Organisers were expecting thousands to attend.
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Authorities cancelled the remainder of the weekend festival.
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The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said on Saturday that the perpetrator must be caught quickly and punished to fullest extent of the law.
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The country’s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said in an update on X that police were still searching for the attacker and trying establish a motive.
