The area is cordoned off as police and firefighters are deployed following an incident on Mannheim’s market square, Germany, on May 31, 2024.
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An assailant with a knife attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday, police said. Police shot at the attacker, who also was hurt.

Police said the incident happened shortly after 11:30 am. They said that they couldn’t immediately give any information on the severity of the injuries.

They said in a statement that there was no longer any danger to the public.

The incident happened on the Marktplatz, a square in Mannheim’s downtown area.

The city of about 300,000 people is located south of Frankfurt.