One of the opponents is said to have shouted the phrase "Allahu Akbar." Officers called in immediately from the city center were only able to find the victim, who, however, gave information reluctantly. The police are asking for assistance from the public.
According to the current state of the investigation, an initial verbal altercation occurred between the victim and the as yet unknown suspect. During the course of this, the later victim grabbed a chair and held it threateningly above himself. His opponent then drew a knife and stabbed towards the victim. In doing so, the victim sustained a superficial cut injury to the hand area. The unknown suspect then fled in the direction of the lower Berliner Promenade. He is said to have held a knife aloft and shouted "Alluah Akbar". Immediately summoned search forces conducted a wide-ranging check of the area. Further timely sightings of the suspect or other possible persons connected to the incident in the area of the Berliner Promenade, Bahnhofstraße near PizzaHut, and the Wilhelm-Heinrich-Brücke did not lead to the capture of the suspect, who is described as follows.
Description of persons:
Whether the above-mentioned eyewitness reports refer to one and the same person or to additional persons connected to the incident must be determined by further investigations.
Due to the possible alert of the unknown, additional forces were stationed in the city center of Saarbrücken as a precaution without detailed police information, directly in the areas of the Christmas market, Europagalerie, as well as additional support forces of the Federal Police in the main train station area.
The police ask any potential witnesses who can provide information about the course of the incident, especially regarding the exclamation in question, to contact them at Tel.: 0681/962-2133 or any other police station.
The investigations are ongoing.
