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Fatal knife attack in Las Vegas: Two people die - several injured

2022-10-07T05:27:24.941Z


Fatal knife attack in Las Vegas: Two people die - several injured Created: 07/10/2022 07:17 By: Franziska Konrad There was a knife attack on the world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday. Two people died. © Alvaro Leiva/Imago Images Fatal knife attack on Las Vegas Boulevard: The police speak of two dead and six injured, including tourists and locals. Las Vegas – Two people died in a knife


Fatal knife attack in Las Vegas: Two people die - several injured

Created: 07/10/2022 07:17

By: Franziska Konrad

There was a knife attack on the world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard on Thursday.

Two people died.

© Alvaro Leiva/Imago Images

Fatal knife attack on Las Vegas Boulevard: The police speak of two dead and six injured, including tourists and locals.

Las Vegas – Two people died in a knife attack on the world-famous Las Vegas Boulevard in the United States on Thursday (local time), October 6th.

Six other people were injured, three of them seriously.

The police were able to arrest the alleged perpetrator.

Bloody crime in Las Vegas: two dead, six injured – the perpetrator tried to flee

The attack occurred on Hotel Mile near the Encore and Wynn hotels and the Fashion Show shopping mall.

As reported by the police, the alleged perpetrator tried to flee.

Shortly thereafter, however, he was overpowered by security guards.

Among the victims are both tourists and residents of the city in the US state of Nevada, police chief James LaRochelle said without further details.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reports, citing eyewitnesses, that among those attacked were several women in showgirl costumes often seen on the Las Vegas Strip.

The alleged perpetrator - a man in his mid-30s - was arrested.

The officers found a large kitchen knife as a weapon at the crime scene.

The police have not yet commented on the possible motive.

(kof/dpa)

Source: merkur

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