Police Search For Assailant After 3 Killed In Germany Stabbing Incident

The government wants to toughen rules on knives that can be carried in public by reducing the maximum length allowed.

German police said on Saturday that they were still searching for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded others in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western city of Solingen.

Eight were injured, five of them seriously, the police said in a statement early on Saturday. That is up from the four serious injuries the police reported earlier.

"Both victims and witnesses are currently being questioned. The police are currently searching for the perpetrator with a large team," police said.