Three dead after stabbing attack at festival in western Germany

Petra Wischgoll - Reuters - 24/08
Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police said.
SOLINGEN, Germany, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Three people were killed and four others seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at a festival on Friday night in the western German city of Solingen, police said.
They said that at around 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) a single, unidentified man attacked multiple people and that the perpetrator was still at large.
"It tears my heart apart that there was an attack on our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we have lost," Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach said in a statement. "I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives."
Reuters Graphics
Fatal stabbings and shootings in Germany are relatively uncommon.
The police said the attack occurred at a festival to honour the town's 650th annivers...
[Short citation of 8% of the original article]