Cologne mayoral candidate wounded in stabbing

BERLIN (AP) — An aide says that a candidate to be mayor of Cologne has been wounded in a stabbing in the western German city.

Frederik Schorn told news agency dpa that candidate Henriette Reker was wounded during a campaign event on Saturday. He said he didn’t know how seriously she was injured.

Reker is running as an independent candidate in Sunday’s election but has the backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats and two other parties.