Knife attack at Wiener Platz – suspect arrested
In Cologne-Mülheim, a man attacked several people and injured three people with a knife. The perpetrator was able to escape. A manhunt was launched to arrest the suspect.
After a large-scale operation in Cologne-Mülheim at the end of February, a suspect was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. This was announced by the Cologne police on Thursday. The 34-year-old is said to have injured at least three people on Wiener Platz with a knife, one of them seriously.
According to the police, officials met the suspect at his home address in Porz-Urbach and arrested him. He is accused of inflicting a life-threatening cut on a 55-year-old man from the homeless scene.
The suspect is due to be brought before a magistrate this Thursday. Concrete information received by the responsible murder commission “MK Holzfallen” in the course of the public manhunt led to the identification of the suspect.
Cologne: Search success after two weeks
The arrest followed a week-long manhunt. The mugshots, which show a strong man in his mid-thirties in a black and red checkered shirt, darker pants, white sneakers and a gray cap, come from “police video surveillance,” police said.
The police died exactly as follows: Around 4 p.m., two people bumped into each other on the KVB intermediate level at Wiener Platz. Then their dispute escalated, as the police confirmed at the request of t-online.
Perpetrator is said to have beaten two other men
According to this, witnesses reported how a strong man around 35 years old stabbed another with a knife. His victim was seriously injured in the attack. It was taken to a clinic in an ambulance and operated on Monday evening, it said.
According to current police findings, the alleged perpetrator attacked at least two other men with punches. After the incident, the man fled through the subway underpass in the direction of Bachstrasse, according to a police statement.
Police at the cordoned off crime scene on the Wiener Platz intermediate level of the KVB: Here, an unknown person seriously injured a man with knife wounds. (Source: Dominik Sommerfeld)
The perpetrator is said to have cut his head
A witness also reported of a man who was traveling on tram line 18 in the direction of the city center and had a cut on his head. According to the determination of the investigating murder commission, this is “also to be assigned to the crime”.
And: It is known that the suspect spoke to a man at the crime scene immediately before the crime, the police said. According to police, This was wearing a black jacket with “Polo Club” written on it and a tie. He also had a bag with him.
The police are asking these witnesses, possible other witnesses and the previously unknown injured person from line 18 to contact the Cologne police homicide department on 0221 229-0 or by email at [email protected].