The attacker is on the run and police are treating the incident as a terror attack, said a German police spokesperson. <\/p>\n
Police services are utilizing all available resources, including personnel and vehicles, and a large-scale manhunt is underway, the spokesperson added. <\/p>\n
The attack occurred at a \u201cFestival of Diversity\u201d being held in the city, which is a three-day event marking the 650th anniversary of the city\u2019s founding. <\/p>\n
Images and footage from the scene showed several ambulances and police officers at the scene, as well as a helicopter flying overhead. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis evening, all of us in Solingen are experiencing shock, horror, and great sadness,\u201d The city\u2019s mayor, Tim Kurzbach, wrote on Solingen\u2019s Facebook page. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe all wanted to celebrate our city\u2019s anniversary together and now we have to mourn the dead and injured.\u201d <\/p>\n
The mayor sent his prayers to the victims fighting for their lives and thanked the rescue and security personnel for their help. \u201cI ask you, if you believe, pray with me and, if not, then hope with me,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
According to the festival\u2019s website, Friday was the start of the three-day \u201cFestival of Diversity,\u201d which would include music, food, performances, and family-friendly entertainment. <\/p>\n
Bergisch Symphony Orchestra, the shared orchestra for the cities of Solingen and Remscheid, was scheduled to play on the main stage on Friday. <\/p>\n
This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The attacker is on the run and police are treating the incident as a terror…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}