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Moment knifeman who killed 3 & injured 6 is fought off by brave German citizens before arrest during street rampage

THIS is the moment courageous citizens attempted to stop a man’s murderous knife rampage through the streets of Wurzberg in Germany on Friday evening.

A whole crowd of people gather grabbing sticks and chairs to throw at the murders in a bid to stop the rampage.

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Police have arrested one man and are not looking for anyone else[/caption]

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Six are reported injured and three dead[/caption]

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Passersby grabs chairs to try and throw at him in a bid to stop the rampage[/caption]

A man, top left, tries to hit the attacker with a long stick as he cowers around a corner
Police launched a “major operation” after the attack
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Ambulance on the scene treating stab victims[/caption]

A man with a long stick hits the knifeman from around the corner, with him hitting back.

But after cowering around a corner, a mob of around 20 chase after him down a side street.

Moments later, a police car eventually swoops in where he is stopped with a shot to the leg, arrested and now in custody.

Shocking video shared online showed the man moments earlier swinging a large blade as a group of bystanders tackled him in a town square before cops swooped and shot the suspect in the leg.

Police said they launched a “major operation” after a number of victims were attacked apparently at random in Wurzburg, Bavaria.

In the footage, the alleged attacker is seen barefoot and armed with a long knife.

Terrified onlookers scream and shout as he lunges at passersby with the blade.

A man shouts: “He has just stabbed a woman.”

According to BILD, the attacker first asked a shop assistant for a knife in a department store around 5pm on Friday before grabbing one and starting a killing spree.

He then ran into a bank and onto the street where witnesses say he stabbed people at random but mostly women.

At least three people died, all in a Woolworths store with five more seriously injured in critical condition.

Nine more, many of which bravely tried to stop the rampage, have less severe injuries.

At 5.21pm, Munich police wrote on Twitter: “Operation in Würzburg. Parts around Barbarossaplatz are closed. Please avoid this area.”

Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said that the attacker was a Somali national who has lived in Wurzburg since 2015.

The angry mob chase after him moments before police arrive

 

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The mob lead the police car down a side street where he is arrested[/caption]

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Police have cordoned off an area of the in the city centre[/caption]

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The incident unfolded in a square in Wurzburg, Bavaria[/caption]

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Flowers and candles in tribute to the victims of a deadly attack are seen on the street as police secures the city center in Wuerzburg[/caption]


The 24-year-old Somali was known to the police according to Herrmann: “He is known to police and was forcibly committed to psychiatric treatment. 

“In the case of the seriously injured, it’s not certain that they will all survive.”

Police are not looking for anyone else and say there is no longer a risk to the public.