Six people were injured in a knife attack on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Three of them are in mortal danger and one person was seriously injured. The police have arrested a 32-year-old suspect. They do not currently suspect an act of terrorism. The city festival in Siegen must go ahead.
According to the police, there were almost 50 passengers on the bus. The bus was on a special route to take passengers to the city festival. The attack took place around 7:40 p.m.
Several passengers immediately alerted the police, who arrested the German suspect. “This act caused absolute disbelief among all of us,” said Siegen Mayor Steffen Mues.
Woman possibly mentally ill
“We are currently collecting evidence at the crime scene and interviewing witnesses,” said a spokesperson for the Dortmund police. The 32-year-old is already known to the police. According to information from the dpa, there are indications that the woman may have a mental illness.
The bus driver responded with presence of mind
A spokesman for the Westfalen-Süd transport company told the “Siegener Zeitung” that the bus driver reacted with presence of mind, immediately brought the bus to a stop after the initial commotion in the vehicle and opened all the doors. This allowed the passengers to quickly escape from the bus and perhaps prevent something even worse. According to the newspaper report, there were also children and young people on the bus.
The act evokes memories of the attack in Solingen exactly one week earlier, in which a man also stabbed people with a knife – and fatally injured several people.
Source: Krone
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