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BERLIN (Reuters) -A local candidate for Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been injured in a knife attack, the party and police said on Wednesday, the second such ...
A man reacts next to candles and floral tributes in Solingen, Germany, Aug. 24, 2024, after a stabbing attack that killed several people. A man randomly stabbed passersby with a knife at a city ...
SOLINGEN, Germany (Reuters) -The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the German city of Solingen that killed three people and wounded eight others. Some 24 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scholz, speaking after he joined regional officials in laying a white rose at a makeshift memorial in the western city of Solingen, said he was “furious and angry” about the attack, in which ...
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.
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 ...