BERLIN: On Friday night, a violent incident occurred on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, leaving 5 individuals injured after a girl attacked them with a knife, native police confirmed, Xinhua reported. Notably, the girl has been arrested.
The police knowledgeable that three individuals had been in life-threatening situations. Not less than 40 different passengers had been on the bus on the time of the incident. No additional hazard is posed, police mentioned, in accordance with Xinhua.
Based on German newspaper Bild, the attacker is believed to be a German nationwide, with indications suggesting that they could have been fighting psychological well being points and probably underneath the affect of medication. The police has clarified that they don’t suspect terrorism to be a motivating issue.
The incident comes days after a Syrian man introduced himself in and admitted to stabbing three individuals to dying and several other others at a competition within the western German metropolis of Solingen on Friday, CNN reported citing the police.
The incident claimed the lives of two males, ages 67 and 56, and a girl, age 56. It shocked Germany and led opposition events to demand stricter immigration legal guidelines. The 26-year-old is accused by German prosecutors of being an ISIS member. Through its Amaq information company, the terrorist group claimed duty for the incident. Nevertheless it offered no proof to help that declare.
In a press release, prosecutors mentioned that because of his “radical Islamist convictions, [the suspect] determined to kill as many individuals as attainable on the Solingen metropolis competition.”
The suspect went on a big manhunt earlier than turning himself in. The person said, “I am the one you are on the lookout for,” to the officers whereas coated in blood, in accordance with the every day Bild, reported CNN.
