Man stabbed to death in Germany after row: police

Man stabbed to death in Germany after row: police
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Summary One man was killed and another injured in a stabbing in the western German city of Wuppertal.

BERLIN (AFP) - One man was killed and another injured in a stabbing following an argument in the western German city of Wuppertal on Friday, police said, adding that the attacker fled the scene.

"A 31-year-old man was stabbed to death. His 25-year-old brother was so badly injured in the stabbing that he had to be hospitalised," Wuppertal police said in a statement.

The police are still searching for one or more attackers, they said.

The incident happened at around 2:45 pm (1245 GMT) in a business district of the city s Elberfeld area after a dispute erupted "for reasons that are still unclear", police said.

The two victims are from Iraq, the statement added.

Also on Friday, two people were killed in a stabbing spree in the Finnish city of Turku, with police shooting and wounding a suspect.

The stabbings came a day after 14 people were killed in twin terror attacks in Spain.