5 individuals have been injured in a knife assault on a bus within the western German metropolis of Siegen, precisely one week after a deadly stabbing in one other western metropolis, Solingen.
The incident occurred round 7:40 PM on a bus carrying roughly 40 passengers to a metropolis competition. The perpetrator, recognized as a 32-year-old German nationwide, stabbed a number of people earlier than she was subdued and arrested.
Not less than 5 individuals have been injured, three of them “critically” and one “significantly,” in accordance with authorities.
The motive for the assault stays unclear, and police particularly warned the general public “to not unfold false data stories,” and specifically not make any reference to a “terrorist assault.” In accordance with sources from Bild, the attacker might have been affected by psychological well being points, or beneath the affect of medication and alcohol.
This incident adopted a stabbing at a Competition of Range in Solingen final week, the place three individuals have been killed and eight others injured. Police arrested a 26-year-old Syrian man in reference to that assault, which Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS) reportedly claimed accountability for with out offering proof.
The assault prompted German authorities to take motion in opposition to knife crime and unlawful immigration. Inside Minister Nancy Faeser introduced on Friday that police and regional authorities could be granted extra powers to implement new rules. Berlin additionally reversed its ban on deportations to international locations deemed “unsafe,” ensuing within the deportation of 28 Afghan nationals – the primary such act because the Taliban returned to energy in 2021.
The town of Siegen is marking its 800th birthday this weekend, and organizers expressed concern about safety after the incident in Solingen, however determined that “not canceling town competition can also be an indication of democracy and freedom.”
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