A 26-year-old man was arrested Saturday on charges related to the stabbing deaths of three people at a Solingen, Germany, festival the previous day.
The suspect, a Syrian citizen who sought asylum in Germany, turned himself into a police officer and “stated that he was responsible for the attack,” Düsseldorf police and the prosecutor's office said in a statement on Saturday.festival-germany-rcna168050″ rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>via NBC News). “This individual's involvement in the crime is currently being intensively investigated.”
After the knife attack that killed three people and injured eight people – four of whom are in hospital in a life-threatening condition – police have arrested two people, including a 15-year-old, who they believe are involved in the incident. However, North Rhine-Westphalia's Interior Minister Herbert Ruhl said on Saturday that these two people were not the attacker and that “the real suspect is the one we have just arrested”.
A 67-year-old man, a 56-year-old man and a 56-year-old woman were killed in the knife attack in Solingen, a western German town that held a “festival of Diversity” to celebrate its 650th anniversary. anniversary.
A German DJ named Tobias Topic was playing music during the incident and was told by security personnel to continue his set amid the attack to avoid mass panic. Ultimately, Topic's set was canceled after 15 minutes.
Through an Islamic State news agency, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that the attacker had targeted Christians and was an “Islamic State soldier.” German police are still investigating these allegations. A police spokesman added that the suspect aimed for the victims' necks, CNN reported.
“Tonight we are all in shock, horror and great sadness in Solingen. We all wanted to celebrate our city's anniversary together and now we have to mourn the dead and injured,” wrote Solingen Mayor Tim Kurtzbach. social media after the attack. She said she had “tears [his] eyes' over the lost.
In recent weeks, a similar knife attack occurred at a Taylor Swift-themed children's dance event in Southport, England, and a foiled terror plot in Vienna led to the cancellation of Swift's concerts in that Austrian city.
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