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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.
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 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 ...
Police have detained two people over a knife attack in Solingen, Germany, which left three people dead and eight others wounded and for which the Islamic State militant group has claimed ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
[4] [6] The suspect reportedly came to Germany in December 2014, lived first in North Rhine-Westphalia and then in Schleswig-Holstein. He was granted subsidiary protection in 2016 even though he was known to police for sexual and violent offenses and was in police custody for one year until a week before the attack.