One person was killed and one person was injured in a stabbing attack in the German city of Wuppertal-Elberfeld today, according to police. As ABC reports, a manhunt has been launced by the Wuppertal police who are searching for one or more suspects in the stabbings. The person who was killed in the attack was reportedly a 31-year-old man. The injured person is 25 years old.

“There has been a homicide in Elbelfeld [part of Wuppertal]. One man is dead, one injured. Perpetrators are on the run,” police said in a statement. No information has been released about the possible motive of the attack.

#Wuppertal: Großeinsatz nach Messerstecherei in der Nähe der City-Arkaden. Polizei: Täter hat sich vermutlich in einem Gebäude verschanzt. pic.twitter.com/vNUCfg6ihi — WDR Aktuelle Stunde (@aktuelle_stunde) August 18, 2017

According to the Westdeutsche Zeitung, the attack took place at a hair salon, and Der Westen adds that the police are not sure whether there were several perpetrators or just one. Police are conducting searches in nearby buildings, according to a special forces commander cited by Express.

This marks the second reported stabbing attack in Europe today, as two people died and eight were stabbed in an attack in the Finnish city of Turku on Friday, police said. Police said that there was just a single suspect in the stabbing case at the moment, adding that it was unclear if the Turku incident was related to terrorism.

The witness added that another elderly woman was injured on the other side of the square where the incident reportedly took place. Multiple ambulances are at the scene, according to the newspaper. The outlet also reported that a body has been covered at a junction, and that police and rescue personnel are at the scene.

According to police, security will be reinforced nationwide after the stabbing, with additional patrols deployed and surveillance boosted across Finland.

The police is searching for possible more perpetrators in Turku. People are asked to leave and avoid the center of Turku. — L-S poliisi (@L_S_poliisi) August 18, 2017

The two knife attacka come just one day after a van plowed into pedestrians on a popular tourist street in Barcelona, killing 13 people and injuring more than 100 others. Hours later, terrorists launched a second attack in the seaside town of Cambrils, injuring seven people, one of whom later died. Police killed five people believed to be behind the attack.

Stabbing attacks have taken place across Europe in recent months. In late July, a knife-wielding man shouting "Allahu Akbar"attacked police on the Spanish-Moroccan border, injuring an officer. The suspect was immediately arrested.



