BERLIN — A guy equipped with a long knife eliminated 3 individuals and hurt a number of others, some seriously, in the southern city of Wuerzburg Friday prior to being shot by authorities and jailed, authorities in Germany stated.
It was uncertain the number of individuals were hurt in the attack in a main part of the Bavarian city of about 130,000 individuals, situated in between Munich and Frankfurt.
Police recognized the suspect as a 24-year-old Somali male living in Wuerzburg. His life was not in risk from his gunshot injury, they stated.
Videos published on social networks revealed pedestrians surrounding the enemy and holding him at bay with chairs and sticks.
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A female who stated she had actually experienced the occurrence informed German RTL tv that the authorities then actioned in.
“He had a really big knife with him and was attacking people,” Julia Runze stated. “And then many people tried to throw chairs or umbrellas or cellphones at him and stop him.The police then approached him and I think a shot was fired, you could hear that clearly.”
Police spokesperson Kerstin Kunick stated officers looked out around 5 p.m. regional time (1 p.m. ET) to a knife attack on Barbarossa Square in the center of the city.
Bavaria’s guv Markus Soeder revealed shock at the news of the attack. “We grieve with the victims and their families,” he composed on Twitter.
Police stated on Twitter that there was no risk to the population. They decreased to right away offer more info and advised social networks users to avoid speculation.
Bavaria’s leading security authorities, Joachim Herrmann, was taking a trip to the city Friday.
