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A woman injured five people with a knife on a bus on Friday evening. The incident occurred in Siegen, and three people are still in critical condition.
Siegen – Only one week after the knife attack in Solingen, another incident occurred. In Siegen, a woman attacked people in a bus on Freiengrüner Straße at around 7.40 p.m. A total of five people were injured in the attack, three of them critically, according to the Presseportal reported. The R22 bus was apparently on its way to the Siegen city festival, and more than 40 people were said to have been on the bus at the time of the incident.
A 32-year-old woman was arrested as a suspect, the operation is still ongoing. The police are interviewing witnesses and examining the crime scene. The Dortmund police have begun investigations and are leading the operation. At the moment, however, there is no longer any danger. The Dortmund police, who are responsible for the investigations into the knife attack in Siegen, plan to announce details of the crime on Friday evening.
A 32-year-old woman injured five people with a knife on a bus in Siegen. © IMAGO/Rene Traut
“Horrible scenes” and lots of blood: Children and teenagers were also on the bus
Die Siegen Newspaper writes of indications that the suspect was under the influence of alcohol or even drugs. However, there are currently no indications of a terrorist background. Eyewitnesses tell the newspaper of “terrible scenes” and that a lot of blood was shed. Children and young people are also said to have been on the bus during the crime. Several media outlets report that emergency chaplains are said to be on site to look after the passengers.
So soon after the fatal knife attack in Solingen, the police had already taken additional security measures for the city festival in Siegen. On the political stage, many politicians are now calling for a general knife ban.
