Nuremberg (dpa / lby) - A 15-year-old is said to have seriously injured two people with a knife on Friday evening. According to initial findings, the 15-year-old and a 22-year-old got into an argument around 10:15 p.m. in the Schweinau district of Nuremberg, the police said on Saturday. In the course of the argument, the 15-year-old allegedly attacked the older man with a knife. A 16-year-old was also injured, who probably tried to separate the two opponents.

The teenager and the young man were taken to the hospital. The 15-year-old is now being investigated on suspicion of attempted homicide, and he was brought before the magistrate on Saturday. Nothing was initially known about the cause of the dispute and the relationship between the 16-year-old and the other two people.