German of the day: “Festival der Vielfalt”

That means “Festival of Diversity.”

That’s where this attack took place. No joke. You can’t make this stuff up, people.

An attack at a festival in a German city kills 3 people and seriously wounds at least 5 – An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said.

Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown attacker having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. Police said the perpetrator was on the run, and they had only very little information on the man so far.

They said they believe the stabbings were carried out by a lone attacker.

PS: Solingen, famous in Germany for its knife manufacture, is sometimes referred to as the “city of blades” here.

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