German police hunt knife attacker after three killed at festival
Newshour
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🗓️ 24 August 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Police say eight others were injured in the attack during a festival in the West German city of Solingen on Friday evening.
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(Photo: Police officers secure the area of an incident after several individuals were killed on Friday night at a city festival in Solingen, Germany. Credit: Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service coming to you live |
| 0:08.3 | from London with me Sean Lay now Zolligan celebrated its 650th anniversary on Friday night. |
| 0:15.7 | It's an evening the Western German city will never forget, but not for a good reason. |
| 0:20.4 | Three people were killed, five more suffered severe knife wounds after a man attacked people apparently at random. |
| 0:26.0 | Speaking shortly after the attack, police spokesman Alexander Krester warned people to remain on their guard. |
| 0:32.7 | We can't say that he's not dangerous, |
| 0:36.8 | but is he still on the run in looking for more victims, |
| 0:40.0 | that would all be speculation. |
| 0:41.7 | I can't say with 100% certainty that there is no danger from this person. |
| 0:46.5 | That's why we're still advised caution. |
| 0:48.9 | The Interior Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Ruhl visited the scene he said people |
| 0:54.3 | were shocked by what had happened. Out of nowhere as far as we know someone |
| 1:00.4 | stabs people indiscriminately with a knife and kills them. |
| 1:05.9 | Why? Why? Why? None of us know. |
| 1:11.1 | A lot of people are now involved in questioning citizens, gathering as much |
| 1:15.8 | information as possible to get a full picture of what happened. |
| 1:19.9 | That's the Interior Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. |
| 1:25.3 | Joining us from the scene in Zollingen is Jessica Parker, the BBC's correspondent in |
| 1:30.4 | Germany. |
| 1:31.4 | Jessica, what's the latest? |
| 1:32.4 | Yeah, good afternoon to you. |
| 1:34.0 | So I'm just outside the Cordend-Off area, the square where the attack happened last night. |
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