Two schoolgirls aged 7 and 8 were seriously injured when a man attacked them with a knife at a school in the Neukeln area of Berlin. 

According to information from SPIEGEL, the suspected perpetrator is a 30-year-old man. The police arrested him at the crime scene in Mainzer Strasse. It has not been announced whether the perpetrator and the victim were related. A police spokeswoman confirmed that the girls were stabbed. 

The crime took place in the yard of the elementary school, which belongs to the Neukölln Evangelical School on Mainzer Straße. The police and the fire department are at the scene. According to reports, some children witnessed the act. The pastors are there to take care of the children. 

The police suspect that he is mentally ill and has nothing to do with the victims.