ENTRE News – A video showing a man carrying out a stabbing in Mannheim, West Germany, circulated on social media on Friday (31/5). In that incident, a man appeared to attack and injure several people with a knife. The victims were said to be anti-Islam activists.
“One person reportedly attacked several people with a knife and injured them,” Mannheim police said.
However, there is no further information regarding the severity of the injuries suffered by the victim or the identity of the perpetrator involved. Here are some facts about stabbings in Germany so far:
1. Initially circulated on social media
On Friday local time, social media users were shocked by a video of a man being stabbed. The man is also said to have attacked several people with a knife.
2.The incident in Mannheim’s central market square FOR4D
The video shows that the incident occurred in Mannheim’s central market square at around 11:45 local time.
3. The perpetrator was immediately arrested
After the video circulated, the man was immediately arrested by police not long after the incident.
4. The attacker was shot
The police also managed to neutralize the perpetrator of the attack using a firearm.
5. The victim is suspected to be an anti-Islam activist
Some parties suspect that one of the victims of the attack was an anti-Islam activist who is also a prominent critic of Islam, Michael Sturzenberger.