In downtown Hanau, men attack passers-by with knives.
- On Tuesday evening, injuries with stab wounds appear in the Hanau Clinic.
- Shortly thereafter, the police start a search for a group of unknowns.
- The police have now arrested the first suspects.
Hanau - The police has in Hanau after several knife attacks with four injured on Tuesday evening (04/28/2020) Two suspects arrested provisionally from Hanau. As reported by the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse on Wednesday morning (April 29, 2020), four people with injuries, including stab wounds, appeared in the clinic in Hanau on Tuesday evening at around 10 p.m. The police then started a search for several men, a helicopter also being used.
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According to a witness, two Hanauers aged 23 and 29 were arrested. According to the police headquarters in Southeast Hesse, you are currently in custody. The Hanau public prosecutor and the Hanau criminal police have taken over the further investigation. Witnesses are asked to contact 06181 100-123.
Knife attack in Hanau: attacks in the city center
According to initial knowledge, passers-by who sustained injuries on Tuesday were traveling independently in the areas of Leimenstraße / Langstraße, Hirschstraße and Freiheitsplatz in the city center of Hanau. There they were met and attacked by a group of five to seven strangers, the police said.
The alleged perpetrators are said to have almost all beards. One is about 20 years old, 1.90 meters tall and muscular. The police in Hanau said that he had dark blond hair and was wearing shorts. The four injured men are 17, 23 and 26 years old. According to the police, none of them are in mortal danger.
Knife attacks occur repeatedly in Hanau *: A small quarrel escalated last year and culminated in a bloody conflict in the city center, reports op-online.de *.
* op-online.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.