Two girls were stabbed by a man with a knife in front of a school in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, on Wednesday. One of the girls is in life-threatening condition, the other is seriously injured, said a police spokeswoman. The suspected perpetrator was arrested on the spot.
According to a report in the “Berliner Zeitung”, an adult allegedly attacked two girls, seven and eight years old, with a knife in the courtyard of the primary school, which belongs to the Neukölln Evangelical School on Mainzer Straße.
Per Heli’s Hospital
The crime took place around 3 p.m. on Wednesday and the police received the alarm at 3:17 p.m. One of the children is seriously injured, the other seriously. Both were taken to hospital by helicopter.
SPD district mayor “deeply affected”
The mayor of Neukölln, Martin Hikel, was shocked and “deeply affected” by the attack on the two students. “For now my thoughts are with the two injured children and the many who had to see what happened,” the SPD politician wrote on Facebook.
Attacker mentally ill?
The alleged perpetrator would be 39 years old. According to the spokeswoman, it is still being investigated whether he knows the girls. As the “Berliner Zeitung” reported, the suspect would not have had any relationship with his victims. There are indications that the man is mentally ill.
Source: Krone
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