Berlin:

Several individuals were killed on Friday night when a man stabbed passers-by at random with a knife at a city festival in the western German city of Solingen, newspaper Bild reported.

Bild reported that the event occurred around 9:45 pm local time (1945 GMT).

Witnesses said the perpetrator was at large, the paper added.

Local police said they were not yet able to comment.

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