Siegen – Knife attack: Police give new status on 6 injured

After the knife attack in Siegen, one of the seriously injured victims is no longer in danger of dying. However, the 23-year-old still needs further treatment in hospital, the Siegen public prosecutor's office and the Dortmund police announced jointly. The condition of the other two men, aged 19 and 21, who were seriously injured in the attack, is still life-threatening, it was further stated.

On Friday evening, a 32-year-old German woman suddenly stabbed people with a knife in a shuttle bus to the city festival. At least six people were injured. The 32-year-olds are known to the police.

According to dpa information, there are indications that the woman was suffering from a mental illness. The town festival continued on Saturday with a church service and was not cancelled.

Praise for the bus driver’s behavior

A spokesman for the Westfalen-Süd transport company told the “Siegener Zeitung” that the bus drivers had reacted quickly, stopped the bus immediately after the first commotion in the vehicle and opened all the doors. This enabled the passengers to quickly escape from the bus and perhaps prevented something worse from happening. According to the newspaper report, there were also children and young people on the bus.

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