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German Festival Stabbings - 3 dead, multiple others injured

Melensdad

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Solingen German was celebrating the 659th anniversary of the city with a 'diversity festival' and now has 9 people clinging to life in the hospital, 3 dead, and muslim immigrants are being UNOFFICIALLY blamed for the murders and attacks. I can find no official publication suggesting these are NOT Muslim radicals but there is plenty of social media suggesting that these horrific attacks at the festival were Muslim radicals.

Who could predict this sort of thing? :unsure: Seriously look at the influx of Muslims in Sweden, or look at Dearborn, MI and look for the effects they have on 'western culture' and, especially look at the effects they have on diversity in terms of tolerance of the LGBTQ+ community. One has to wonder if the city could have avoided this tragedy by simply NOT naming it a "diversity festival" and simply having an anniversary festival.


FULL STORY AT THE LINK



Germany festival stabbings: Three dead after horrific knife rampage at diversity event

At least nine people have been stabbed and multiple dead at a festival in Germany.

22:09, Fri, Aug 23, 2024 | UPDATED: 00:05, Sat, Aug 24, 2024
Solingen stabbings
There are reports of a serious incident in Solingen, Germany (Image: X)
Three people are reported to have died and nine more fighting for life after a frenzied attack at a festival in Germany. Initial reports suggest three people were killed after being targeted in a random knife attack. The violence unfolded at the Festival of Diversity in Solingen, a city around 25km east of Dusseldorf. The attack happened on a central square, the Fronhof.
Pictures and videos on social media show a huge police response with large parts of the city cordoned off. The dpa news agency cited unidentified police sources as saying the weapon was believed to be a knife.
According to local outlet Solinger Tageblatt, one of the festival organisers, Philipp Müller, said on a stage that emergency workers were fighting for the lives of nine people. Mr Müller said: "People are shocked, but left the square peacefully." The paper further reported that authorities called on people to leave downtown Solingen.
The German city was celebrating the 659th anniversary of its creation with a "Festival of Diversity." Approximately 80,000 people were expected to head to Solingen over the next three days.
Witnesses reported a man started stabbing passers-by at random during the celebrations.
Police have declared a major emergency and launched a manhunt as the suspected knifeman has reportedly escaped. Authorities have cordoned off the area as organisers said the festival had been cancelled.
One witness told a local newspaper he saw someone collapse right next to him. When he turned around, he noticed several people on the ground surrounded by pools of blood.
Late Friday evening, Mayor Tim Kurzbach (SPD) spoke out on the tragic event on social media as he penned: "This evening we are all in shock, horror and great sadness in Solingen. "We all wanted to celebrate our city's anniversary together and now we have dead and injured people to mourn. It breaks my heart that there was an attack on our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we have lost. I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives." . . .
 
Headlines are starting to change.

They are searching for an "Arab looking" male suspect.

Again, who would have predicted this?



'Festival Of Diversity' Horror: Manhunt For 'Arab-Looking' Man After 3 Killed, 8 Wounded In Mass Stabbing In Germany

A major manhunt is underway after a Friday night mass stabbing attack killed three people and wounded eight more at a "Festival of Diversity" in Germany. Living up to the event's billing, witnesses to the bloodshed in the western German city of Solingen say the attacker was Arab in appearance -- a detail every major US news outlet is omitting from its coverage as our report is written.
"This evening we are all in shock, horror and great sadness in Solingen. We all wanted to celebrate our city's anniversary together and now we have dead and injured people to mourn," said Solingen Mayor Tim-Oliver Kurzbach. "I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives." While the festival was indeed being held on the occasion of the city's 650th anniversary, rather than emphasizing German heritage and history, the organizers were apparently determined to put "diversity" front and center.
Their goal was accomplished in way they didn't intend, with the attacker himself reportedly infusing his own strain of "diversity." According to the German newspaper Bild, witnesses say the knife-wielding murderer looked like a young Arab man. At around 9:45 pm, he lashed out at an apparently random assortment of victims at the Fronhof, a market square that was being used as a venue for live musical performances. Local news outlet Solinger Tageblatt provided spectator Lars Breitzke's account of what he saw:
Suprafon was playing on stage. Suddenly [Breitzke] realized from the expression on the singer Suzan Köcher's face that something was wrong. "And then a person fell over just a meter away from me," says Breitzke. At first he thought it was a drunk. But when he turned around, he saw other people lying on the floor. And several pools of blood.
After fatally slashing three people and wounding eight more -- five seriously -- the attacker was said to have fled toward a main street and is still at large.
 
If the Islamics in Germany were smart, they would find this individual, hogtie him and deliver him to the polizei with profound written apologies. Th e Germans are nice easy going people, but somrthing in their culture can easily turn them rabid. Plus, they don't much like Islamics anyway.
 
If the Islamics in Germany were smart, they would find this individual, hogtie him and deliver him to the polizei with profound written apologies. Th e Germans are nice easy going people, but somrthing in their culture can easily turn them rabid. Plus, they don't much like Islamics anyway.
The Islamic State, a known terror group, posted on social media that one of its members is responsible and they took credit for the attack saying it was in response to the situation in Gaza and around the world. They provided no real details.

German police have 2 people now in custody, one is a 15 year old who may, somehow be connected to the attack. No details on if the other person in custody is the actual suspect or some sort of accomplice.
 
And if anyone is waiting to see what Germany will do about this?

Well it is predictable.

They want to ban knives over 2.5" long in public spaces.

Of course, that will solve the problem.

Nothing to see here, move along, nothing to see, nothing a all.
 
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