Female attacker injures six people, three critically, in stabbing on bus in Germany
Sep 01, 2024
Berlin [Germany], September 1: At least six people have been injured, three of them critically, in a stabbing on board a bus in the western German city of Siegen, police said on Friday evening.
A 32-year-old female suspect has been arrested, police said. Another person suffered serious injuries, it said.
At least 40 people were on the bus travelling to a city festival in Siegen, located some 75 kilometres east of Cologne, when the attack occurred at around 7:40 pm (1740 GMT), according to the police statement.
Several passengers alerted the police and officers arrested the suspect, a German national. The motive of the crime remained initially unclear. Police said there was no indication of a terrorist attack. Germany's Bild tabloid reported that the attacker may have been suffering from mental health issues.
The incident comes exactly one week after the fatal stabbing in the western German city of Solingen. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
