BERLIN, June 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least three people died and several were injured — some in serious condition — in a knife attack on Friday in Germany’s southern city of Wurzburg, according to local police.
The incident took place on Barbarossaplatz square in the city center. The square and its surrounding areas have been sealed off.
The suspect stabbed several people with a 40-centimeter-long knife and police used firearms and arrested him, local media Bayerischen Rundfunk reported.
Bavarian State Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann said the attack killed three, seriously injured five people.
He added that the police have found records that the suspect was treated in psychiatric institution and will later define whether the incident is a terror act or a move out of psychological reasons.
So far there is no evidence showing the victims have any personal relations with the suspect, Herrmann said. — NNN-XINHUA
