After the attack in a gym in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia) with four serious injuries, the police are still looking for at least one suspect. “The search is ongoing,” said a spokeswoman for the responsible police in Essen on Monday night.
Three people were critically injured
In the attack in the gym in the center of the Ruhr area city yesterday, three people were life-threatening and one person was seriously injured. Investigations into the background continued.
The police were looking for at least one fugitive suspect, the emergency services said. “We are currently unable to publish a serious description of the perpetrator. Some witness interviews are still taking place,” police wrote on Twitter last night.
“Slicing or stabbing weapon” used
A “stabbing or cutting weapon” was said to have been used. The injured were taken to a hospital. These are German citizens. The first emergency calls were received by the Duisburg police around 5:40 p.m. Investigators searched the gym and secured it, police said.
In the evening, witnesses who had been training on site at the time of the crime were questioned. The State Criminal Police Office set up a contact point for witnesses in the adjacent pedestrian zone. A police helicopter was also in use, police officers were looking for traces on all floors of the affected studio.
