Solingen Mayor Tim Kurzbach said, "we in Solingen are all in shock. We all wanted to celebrate our city's anniversary together and now have dead and wounded to lament."
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00:00At least three people have been killed and five others seriously wounded in an attack
00:06at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.
00:10German media citing police sources said the weapon used was believed to be a knife.
00:16Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9.30 p.m. local time after the assailant stabbed
00:20several people at random.
00:23Police said the attacker was on the run and that so far they have very little information
00:27about the man.
00:28They also said they believe the stabbings were carried out by a lone attacker.
00:47Solingen was holding a festival of diversity to mark the city's 650th anniversary.
00:53It was supposed to run until Sunday but has now been cancelled.
00:58Solingen was supposed to run until Sunday but has now been cancelled.
00:59Solingen was supposed to run until Sunday but has now been cancelled.
01:00Solingen was supposed to run until Sunday but has now been cancelled.