Stabbing attack at German company kills 1 person and seriously wounds 2

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Tuesday, July 01, 2025

01/07/2025

Police and emergency services stand on the premises of regional grid operator Überlandwerk Rhön, after a man armed with a “sharp object” attacked people at a company in Germany, killing at least one, police said, in Mellrichstadt, Germany on July 1. (AP)

BERLIN, July 1, (AP): A man armed with a "sharp object” attacked people at a company in Germany, killing at least one, police said.

Two people were seriously wounded in the attack Tuesday in Mellrichstadt, a small town east of Frankfurt in southern Germany, police said in posts on social network X.

A 21-year-old German man was arrested. There was no danger to the public, authorities said.