The knifeman who killed three people and wounded eight others in the city of Solingen on Friday night remains at large, police say
Terrorism could be the motive behind the deadly stabbing attack in the German city of Solingen on Friday night, prosecutors have said.
Just before 10pm a knifeman assaulted spectators at a Festival of Diversity dedicated to the 650th anniversary of the city. Three people were killed in the attack and eight others wounded, including four seriously, while the perpetrator was able to flee the scene amid the panic.
During a press-conference on Saturday, Markus Caspers from the counter-terrorism section of the public prosecutor’s office said that the attacker has not been tracked down yet and that the manhunt continued.
The exact motive for the assault remains unclear, but the investigators do not rule out a “terrorist-motivated offense” due to the fact that the victims “were not related to each other,” he…