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SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this ...
The attack took place during a festival celebrating the city’s 650th anniversary. The group said the attacker, who was detained after the group… Islamic State group claims responsibility for ...
Friday's attack, in which a man killed three people and wounded eight others, took place in the Fronhof, a market square in Solingen where live bands were playing as part of a festival marking the ...
He lived in Heppenheim at the time of the attack, around 30 km from Mannheim. [22] [23] He reportedly had a valid residence permit, married in 2019, and had two children. [24] German authorities had not flagged him as an extremist prior to the attack. According to Der Spiegel, investigators believe Islamist motives to be likely.
2016 Munich knife attack; R. 2016 Reutlingen knife attack; S. 2024 Solingen stabbing; W. Ernst August Wagner; 2021 Würzburg stabbing
The number of non-German suspects increased more (13%) than the number of German suspects (4%). The highest increase of 20% was in immigrants in Germany, even though they perpetrated only 31.830 out of the 430,000 attacks. [1]: 15 As far as knife attacks are concerned: In 2023, 8,951 cases or 5.8 percent of acts of serious bodily harm were ...
Prior to the stabbing, there was a 10% annual rise in knife attacks in Germany, particularly in city centers and at railway stations. Interior minister Nancy Faeser earlier in August 2024 told public broadcaster ARD that more stringent restrictions were needed on knives in public places, with exceptions only for household knives in closed ...
A manhunt is underway after an attacker armed with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded several others at a festival Friday in the western German city of Solingen, police told CNN.