Several Dead, Injured in Attack on German Festival: Media

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Berlin: Several people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen on Friday, according to local media reports.

At least three people were killed, and several others injured when a man attacked them with a knife, reported the Bild daily, adding that the attacker had fled the scene.

Police, unable to comment immediately, were at the scene with helicopters and emergency vehicles and have asked the public to avoid the area, according to the ZDF broadcaster.

The Solinger Tageblatt newspaper reported three dead, three very seriously injured, three seriously injured, and one other injured person, citing sources at the scene.