Cops stand in entrance of a bus on a particular path to a metropolis competition in Siegen, Germany, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, after a suspect allegedly attacked different passengers on the bus with a knife. | Photograph credit score: AP
Police have arrested a 32-year-old girl after six folks had been injured in a knife assault on a bus heading to a competition in western Germany. Authorities mentioned on Saturday (31 August 2024) that there was no proof of a political or non secular motive.
Three of these attacked are in life-threatening situation, police mentioned Friday night (August 30, 2024).
The knife assault befell in Siegen, east of Cologne. The bus was heading to a neighborhood celebration within the metropolis and no less than 40 different folks had been on board when the assault befell at round 7.40pm.
Police and prosecutors mentioned the six injured folks had been aged between 16 and 30 and had been all from the area. Three of them had left the hospital on Saturday morning after receiving outpatient therapy.
Native authorities had deliberate to go forward with the competition.
The stabbing in Siegen got here per week after a knife assault in Solingen, a metropolis in the identical state of North Rhine-Westphalia, through which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria who had prevented deportation is accused of killing three folks and wounding eight others.
The Solingen assault prompted the ruling coalition to attract up plans to toughen knife legal guidelines and make deportations simpler.
Police mentioned the lady arrested in Siegen was a German citizen with no immigration roots.
