There was a knife attack in a gym in Duisburg. The SEC arrived. The suspected two perpetrators are on the run.
According to information from the “Bild-Zeitung” there was a stabbing in a changing room of a gym in downtown Duisburg. Two attackers came to a gym around 5:30 p.m. and stabbed visitors indiscriminately, the “WDR” quotes the Essen police, who have now taken over the case.
The “Bild” also reports of one or two perpetrators who attacked four other men with knives and are said to have brutally stabbed them. The men were seriously injured, two of them may be in mortal danger, according to the report. As “Der Westen” quotes the Duisburg police, four men had to be given medical care. “However, we have to wait and see how badly they are injured,” police spokesman Jonas Tepe told “WDR”. It is currently unclear whether there were any deaths.
The police are assuming a shooting attack, it is said. In addition to police patrols, officers from the special task force had also arrived. Several ambulances and emergency medics are active at the crime scene. At times, a helicopter circled the city center. The attackers are said to have fled to the city center, report witnesses to “Bild”. The inner city area around Schwanenstrasse has been closed. According to a “WDR” reporter, snipers had been stationed on roofs in the city center in the meantime. Residents are asked to stay indoors and avoid the downtown area.
