SEK intervenes in Duisburg: Arrest after knife attack in gym

SEK takes action in Duisburg
Arrest after knife attack in gym

04/23/2023 10:51 am

The escape of the Duisburg knife attacker may have ended after four days. During the night, the police arrested a suspect. His neighbors, but also several witnesses and victims from the gym are said to have identified him.

The police caught the suspected knife attacker from Duisburg. A police spokeswoman says a suspect was arrested the night he lived in Duisburg. As several media reports, he was overwhelmed by his special task force. Neighbors are said to have given the decisive clue.

According to the Duisburg public prosecutor, the suspect is a 26-year-old Syrian citizen. He is said to have fatally injured three men with a knife and seriously injured one in a gym in the center of Duisburg late Tuesday afternoon. The perpetrator managed to escape. The police then searched for him with photos from a surveillance camera.

According to the reports, neighbors want to have identified the attacker in the pictures in the pictures on Saturday and immediately alerted the police. Several witnesses to the crime and the stabbed men are said to have recognized the bearded man.

The attack happened in the gym locker room. A “cutting or stabbing weapon” was used, as it is said. According to information from “Spiegel”. one of the four men have been specifically sought out and attacked. It is said that the other men were accidentally injured during the escape. Three of them had to be operated on after the attack. One victim is still in mortal danger.