BERLIN: A violent incident occurred on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on Friday evening, leaving five people injured after a woman attacked them with a knife, local police confirmed, Xinhua reported. Notably, the woman was arrested.
Police said three people were in a life-threatening condition. At least 40 other passengers were on the bus at the time of the incident. There is no further danger, police said, according to Xinhua.
According to German newspaper Bild, the attacker is believed to be a German citizen, with indications that he may have suffered from mental health problems and been under the influence of drugs. Police have clarified that they do not suspect terrorism as a motivating factor.
The incident comes days after a Syrian man admitted to stabbing three people to death and several others at a festival in the western German city of Solingen on Friday, CNN reported, citing police.
The incident claimed the lives of two men, aged 67 and 56, and a woman, aged 56. The incident shocked Germany and prompted opposition parties to demand stricter immigration laws. The 26-year-old is accused by German prosecutors of being a member of ISIS. Through its Amaq news agency, the terrorist group claimed responsibility for the incident, but did not provide any evidence to support that claim.
In a statement, prosecutors said that because of his “radical Islamist convictions, [the suspect] “He decided to kill as many people as possible at the Solingen city festival.”
The suspect launched an extensive search before turning himself in. “It’s me you’re looking for,” he told officers while covered in blood, according to the Bild newspaper, CNN reported.
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