A Syrian man suspected of belonging to a terrorist group has surrendered to authorities and confessed to killing three individuals and injuring eight others in a knife assault at a avenue pageant in Solingen, Germany. The suspect, recognized as 26-year-old Issa Al H, has been ordered to be held in pre-trial detention by German prosecutors, who’ve launched a terrorist investigation into the incident.
He “shares the ideology of the overseas terrorist group Islamic State” and on the premise of his “radical Islamic convictions” determined “to kill the biggest doable variety of these he considers unbelievers” on the pageant, the Workplace of the Federal Prosecutor mentioned in a press release.
The Islamic State group’s propaganda arm, Amaq, claimed accountability for the assault, saying that the perpetrator of the assault on a gathering of Christians in Solingen was a soldier of the Islamic State. The group claimed that the assault was carried out as “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and all over the place”, seemingly referring to the continuing battle in Gaza.
The victims of the assault embody two males aged 56 and 67, and a 56-year-old lady, all of whom had been stabbed within the neck. 4 of the wounded stay in critical situation. The assault has left the town of Solingen in shock and grief, because the pageant was meant to rejoice the town’s 650th anniversary.
The suspect, who had utilized for asylum in Germany, is believed to share the unconventional ideology of the Islamic State and determined to focus on these he thought of unbelievers on the pageant.
Police had been alerted to the assault shortly after 9:30 pm native time, with studies indicating {that a} man had assaulted a number of individuals with a knife on the town’s central sq.. Authorities famous that the attacker appeared to have deliberately focused the victims’ throats.
The pageant, which was scheduled to proceed by way of Sunday, was canceled as police investigated the cordoned-off sq.. As an alternative, residents gathered to pay their respects to the victims, leaving flowers and notes close to the scene of the assault. One signal positioned amongst candles and teddy bears merely requested, “Warum?” which means “why.”
The assault has taken place amidst ongoing debates about immigration in Germany, notably within the lead-up to the regional elections on September 1 in Saxony and Thuringia, the place anti-immigration events just like the populist Various for Germany are anticipated to carry out properly.
IS, which as soon as declared a caliphate spanning massive elements of Iraq and Syria a couple of decade in the past, now not holds any territory and has misplaced a lot of its outstanding leaders. Regardless of this, the group continues to recruit members and declare accountability for lethal assaults worldwide, together with current deadly operations in Iran and Russia that claimed dozens of lives.
He “shares the ideology of the overseas terrorist group Islamic State” and on the premise of his “radical Islamic convictions” determined “to kill the biggest doable variety of these he considers unbelievers” on the pageant, the Workplace of the Federal Prosecutor mentioned in a press release.
The Islamic State group’s propaganda arm, Amaq, claimed accountability for the assault, saying that the perpetrator of the assault on a gathering of Christians in Solingen was a soldier of the Islamic State. The group claimed that the assault was carried out as “revenge for Muslims in Palestine and all over the place”, seemingly referring to the continuing battle in Gaza.
The victims of the assault embody two males aged 56 and 67, and a 56-year-old lady, all of whom had been stabbed within the neck. 4 of the wounded stay in critical situation. The assault has left the town of Solingen in shock and grief, because the pageant was meant to rejoice the town’s 650th anniversary.
The suspect, who had utilized for asylum in Germany, is believed to share the unconventional ideology of the Islamic State and determined to focus on these he thought of unbelievers on the pageant.
Police had been alerted to the assault shortly after 9:30 pm native time, with studies indicating {that a} man had assaulted a number of individuals with a knife on the town’s central sq.. Authorities famous that the attacker appeared to have deliberately focused the victims’ throats.
The pageant, which was scheduled to proceed by way of Sunday, was canceled as police investigated the cordoned-off sq.. As an alternative, residents gathered to pay their respects to the victims, leaving flowers and notes close to the scene of the assault. One signal positioned amongst candles and teddy bears merely requested, “Warum?” which means “why.”
The assault has taken place amidst ongoing debates about immigration in Germany, notably within the lead-up to the regional elections on September 1 in Saxony and Thuringia, the place anti-immigration events just like the populist Various for Germany are anticipated to carry out properly.
IS, which as soon as declared a caliphate spanning massive elements of Iraq and Syria a couple of decade in the past, now not holds any territory and has misplaced a lot of its outstanding leaders. Regardless of this, the group continues to recruit members and declare accountability for lethal assaults worldwide, together with current deadly operations in Iran and Russia that claimed dozens of lives.
