A 32-year-old man attacked and injured several people with a knife in front of a driving school in the city centre of Mainz.
A 48-year-old man was critically injured on Tuesday afternoon – at least two other men aged 28 and 48 suffered minor injuries, the public prosecutor’s office and the police reported.
A police officer who had been recording a traffic accident nearby rushed over immediately, they said. “He was only able to stop the attack by using his firearm and fired several shots,” the investigators’ statement said. In the process, the 32-year-old Somali was injured. It was initially unclear with how many shots and how seriously the attacker was injured. He is being guarded at the hospital.
The attack was probably caused by a domestic dispute. There are no indications of a rampage or a terrorist background. The police are investigating an attempted homicide.