Published: 21:03, January 22, 2025
Suspect arrested after two killed in knife attack in German park
By Reuters

In this file photo dated Aug 24, 2024, police patrol near the scene where at least three people were killed and several injured when a man attacked them with a knife on late August 23, 2024 in Solingen, western Germany, during a festival to mark the city's 650th anniversary. (PHOTO / AFP)

BERLIN - A man has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, police said.

The suspect was detained at the scene in Schoental park, an English-style garden in the Bavarian city, where the attack occurred at around 1045 GMT.

Police said there was no indication of further suspects and no danger to the public, in a post on social media platform X.

A child was among the dead, the Bild newspaper reported.

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A police spokesperson declined to comment on the identity of the victims at this stage.