A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.

North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister, Herbert Reul, told the ARD broadcaster that authorities spent the day following a “hot lead” that led to the arrest.

Police spent the day conducting a manhunt, making two arrests that were likely not the perpetrator, Reul said.

“The real suspect is the one that we’ve arrested just now,” he said. The individual was being questioned and evidence was seized, he said.

Police declined to immediately comment.

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