A person injured several people with a knife in Bad Hönningen in Rhineland-Palatinate, according to police. A short time later, the police reported that one person had been killed.
“There was a knife attack,” said a police spokesman in Koblenz on Saturday evening. “There is no longer any danger.” Rumours of a rampage circulating on the internet could not be confirmed, it said.
The spokesman said he could not give further details about the crime on Saturday, the identity of the suspected perpetrator or the severity of the injuries. This was also for tactical reasons. The perpetrator had been arrested. The police did not provide any further information on request, for example on the fatality.