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Stabbing in Wuppertal, Germany: 1 killed and 1 injured

Police in western Germany say they are searching for one or several perpetrators, yet they were not in conditions to disclose any more information regarding the attack

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18/08/2017 |14:53AFP |
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This Friday, one person was killed and another was injured in a knife attack in Wuppertal , western Germany , announced the police, adding that they were searching for the perpetrator.

“We can confirm there has been a deadly crime . One man has died and another man is in the hospital,” a police spokeswoman told AFP .

The attack occurred in the vicinities of Elberfeld , in Wuppertal.

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The news follows two attacks in Finland and Spain .

Hours earlier, in Finland, two people were killed and eight people were injured in a stabbing attack in the southwestern city of Turku where the police arrested a person and they were searching for other possible perpetrators.

On Thursday , at least 3 people were killed and more than a hundred people were injured when a vehicle hit a crowd in Las Ramblas , one of the busiest places in Barcelona .

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