37-year-old injures several people in Hildesheim
There are two incidents involving knife attacks in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony. Three people are injured. It later turns out to be the same perpetrator. A witness description leads to the arrest.
In Hildesheim, a 37-year-old man is said to have attacked three people with a knife and seriously injured them. The police arrested a suspect late on Thursday evening after several hours of searching in the pedestrian zone. According to investigations so far, the man entered a kiosk at around 5.30 p.m., where he is said to have attacked the 69-year-old kiosk operator and his 56-year-old partner with a knife.
The kiosk operator was slightly injured, his partner suffered serious injuries. The suspect is said to have then left on a bicycle in the direction of the station.
It later became known that the suspect had previously attacked and slightly injured a man at Hildesheim main station. The man cycled to Hanover before informing the police about the incident. A witness description ultimately led to his arrest. The background to the crime is still unclear and the investigation is ongoing.
Source: www.ntv.de
