Perpetrators on the run: homophobic motive? Seriously injured by knife attack in Kiel

A bloody violent crime took place in downtown Kiel on Saturday night.

Perpetrators on the run: homophobic motive? Seriously injured by knife attack in Kiel

A bloody violent crime took place in downtown Kiel on Saturday night. According to consistent reports from several media outlets (including Norddeutscher Rundfunk/NDR, "Kieler Nachrichten"), three young men were stabbed, some of them seriously. One of them was said to have been critically injured. A fourth man suffered injuries from a punch.

The crime happened around 1.30 a.m. in front of the door of the bar "Mum

The abbreviation LGBTQIA* stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender, queer, intersexual, asexual and people with a different than heterosexual orientation.

Unknown people are said to have asked one of the victims about his painted fingernails before a scuffle broke out, the NDR reported on Saturday, citing a police spokesman in the Schleswig-Holstein state capital. After the knife attack, the three to four attackers are said to have fled in a car. A description of the wanted person was not initially available on Saturday.

Witnesses to the crime can contact any police station by telephone or in person.

Sources: Norddeutscher Rundfunk, "Kieler Nachrichten"(paid content), "Mum

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