Shock in the German city of Mannheim: A man attacked several people with a knife during a right-wing demonstration in the city center, including an Islam critic and a police officer. The latter is currently in mortal danger. crown.at knows the first details.
According to police, the attack took place around 11:35 am on Mannheim’s market square.
The well-known German Islam critic Michael Stürzenberger wanted to participate as a speaker at a meeting of the right-wing populist citizens’ movement Pax Europa (BPE) and, according to the announcement, do “educational work”.
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No details yet on the attacker
The assailant, who has not yet been identified (he has a beard and glasses), attacked the 59-year-old and stabbed him with a knife. Stürzenberger was hit in the face and leg.
According to his colleague, he is currently undergoing emergency surgery in hospital, but his life is not in danger. There are apparently seven injured, it was initially said, but official confirmation of the information is still pending.
Attacker stabbed police officer in neck
After the attack on Stürzenberger, things really started. Police officers intervened, but of course the officers initially did not know who the perpetrator was and who the victim was. A police officer pulled the employee, who according to Bild information was a BPE security man, to the ground and knelt on him – but was then attacked by the attacker himself, who brutally stabbed him in the neck.
Dramatic: The police officer’s life is currently in danger. “Focus online” learned from security circles that the injured officer lost a lot of blood in the attack.
“Situation dangerous”
Another officer was eventually able to take down the attacker with a shot from his pistol. “The situation was apparently so dangerous that a firearm was used against the attacker,” Mannheim police wrote in a press release. It further states: “The attacker was also injured as a result.”
A video on YouTube shows the brutal knife attack – above you can see a version of the disturbing clip, edited by krone.tv.
According to the police, it is being investigated whether the attack had a political background. Rescue workers and a rescue helicopter are present. The market square has been cordoned off and privacy walls have also been built.
Mayor “speechless”
Mannheim’s market square is located right in the city center of the 300,000-resident city in northern Baden-Württemberg. The mayor of the city was shocked. “This brutal attack shocks and shocks us, it leaves us speechless,” said CDU mayor Christian Specht. His thoughts are with the injured police officer and also with the other victims.
At the same time, he called on people not to speculate about the background to the crime, but to wait for the results of the investigation.
Source: Krone
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