Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: German media reported another knife attack by a woman on a bus in northern Rhine-Westphalia, injuring at least six people, about a week after the deadly stabbing attack in Solingen. 

 

A woman injured at least six people in another knife attack in northern Germany's northern state of Rhine-Westphalia, three of them in critical condition, the newspaper The Site reported. 

 

Dortmund police said the crime took place on a bus in the city of Seigen-Iserfeld around 19:40 last night. According to a separate statement, the bus was carrying about 40 other passengers on its way to the city festival in Zigen when the female passenger was attacked with a knife.

 

Police officers were able to arrest the 32-year-old attacker at the scene as a suspect in the attack. As police went on to announce, there is no further threat at this time. Police operations continue at the scene. The crime scene was cordoned off for several hours, according to the report. Police are finding leads and interviewing witnesses.

 

After the incident, police also asked citizens not to spread false reports on online networks or other channels, and especially not to make any reference to a terrorist attack.

 

German police have not yet provided "any information" on the matter. The suspect is known to police. The woman is a German citizen. According to the German news agency, there are signs of mental illness in the woman and investigations are ongoing.

 

A spokesman for the regional transport company said in an interview that the bus driver reacted to the attack with the presence of mind and immediately stopped the bus and opened all the doors after the first argument in the car. This would have allowed passengers to quickly escape the bus and perhaps prevented the worst from happening. According to media reports, children and young people were also present on the bus.

 

Visitors to the city's festival are not allowed to carry knives, according to information on the city's website. Violations will come with an immediate residency ban, including eviction from the venue for the entire duration of the City Festival.

 

About a week ago, a man stabbed visitors to a city festival in Zöllingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Tasnim reported. Three people were killed and eight others injured in the attack, some of whom are in critical condition. The terrorist group ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack. There is currently no evidence linking the two crimes.

 

The attack shocked German society and once again heated political and security debates in the country.

 

Germany's federal government parties have agreed on a package of measures to tighten immigration and asylum policy in response to a stabbing attack in the city of Solingen that killed three people and injured several others.

 

German Interior Minister Nancy Pfizer spoke of "extensive measures". Justice Minister Marco Buschmann also spoke of a reasonable and useful package to improve the security situation in Germany and implement an even tougher real policy on immigration.

 

The package, for example, plans to expand the ban on knives and a "general ban on the use of dangerous blades". In addition, it is planned to reduce benefits for some refugees and even abolish benefits for others.

 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that the German government, along with the states and the Union of United Christian Parties in the opposition, wanted to address the consequences of the attack in Solingen.

 

For the first time in three years, the German government deported 28 citizens who allegedly committed crimes in Germany.

 

The number of knife attacks in Germany has increased significantly recently. Last year, police recorded 8,951 incidents of dangerous and serious bodily harm where a knife was used to injure or threaten to do so, an increase of almost 9.7 per cent on the previous year. 10.9% of all recorded burglaries in 2023 were knife attacks.