The attack with three dead and 8 injured in Germany, who is the 26-year-old, the main suspected perpetrator of the massacre, had applied for asylum

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The so-called "Islamic State", IS claimed responsibility for the killings in Solingen.

In a message on the Telegram network, IS wrote that one of their "soldiers" carried out an attack on Christians in Solingen. This attack is "revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere". There is no evidence that IS is behind the attack and there is no link between the arrested, suspected of the murders in Solingen.

The interior minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Herbert Reul, said yesterday that the suspected assassin was handed over to the police unit.

We have the suspect, who we searched for all day, Reul said late in the evening, according to Spiegel. This person is "at the highest level" suspect, said Reul. The person suspected of the assassination is the Syrian Isa H. The clothes of the captured suspect were dirty and covered in blood. The police had conducted investigations in an asylum shelter during the day.

According to Spiegel, Isa H. is 26 years old, Sunni Muslim, he came to Germany in December 2022 and applied for asylum. A year later he received the status of temporary protection.

During Saturday, the German media also announced the arrest of a 15-year-old boy in connection with the attack. According to information from Spiegel, it was about a person from Kyrgyzstan who lived in an asylum shelter. He probably talked to someone else at the party in Solingen who is seen as a suspect in the stabbing that killed 3 people. The German chief prosecutor, Markus Caspers, said in a press conference, that "according to the evidence collected, a so far unknown person, shortly before the attack, talked with the young boy, about the act that was carried out later.

German authorities say the suspicion is of a motivated terrorist act, said the German chief prosecutor, Markus Caspers.

Shocked reactions in Germany

In Germany, there was a deep shock after the knife attack at a party in the city of Solingen, where as a result three people lost their lives and eight others were injured. Solingen wanted to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the foundation with the "Festival of Diversity", but it ended in horror.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke on Saturday morning for the first time since the attack. "The attack in Solingen is a terrible event that shocks me a lot. A killer brutally killed several people," he wrote on the X platform, and spoke on the phone with the mayor of Solingen, Tim Kurzbach. "We mourn the victims and stand by the relatives." The social democratic politician wished the injured a speedy recovery. "The murderer must be caught quickly and punished to the fullest extent of the law," Scholz demanded.

Even the president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, expressed his shock. "Solingen's terrible act shocks me, it shocks us, it shocks the whole country," the German president wrote on platform X. "We mourn those who lost their lives and pray for the wounded, who with all my heart wish them strength and recovery fast." Steinmeier asked to stand united against hatred and violence.

"My heart breaks"

The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, and the mayor of Solingen, Tim Kurzbach, expressed their shock. "We all wanted to celebrate the anniversary of our city together and now we have to mourn the deaths and injuries. It breaks my heart that there was such an attack in our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we lost, I pray for all those who are still fighting for their lives," Kurzbach wrote on Facebook.

Even Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) condemned the attack on a city festival in Solingen where three people lost their lives. Habeck said on Saturday that "bad news, the worst" has come from the city of Solingen. "Violence against people who just wanted to celebrate with joy is deeply reprehensible," Habeck said, and he expects the police to do everything they can to find the perpetrator as soon as possible./DW


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