Knife attack in Germany: Suspect, 26-year-old Syrian, confesses to being the perpetrator of the tragedy that left three dead and five injured

The deadly knife attack left three dead and five injured in Germany on Friday, August 23, 2024. dpa/MAXPPP – Christoph Reichwein

The deadly knife attack which left three dead and five injured in Germany on Friday evening, August 23, 2024, was claimed by the terrorist group Islamic State (IS). The suspect, a 26-year-old Syrian, confessed.

The police gave the information on Sunday, August 25, 2024. The suspect, a 26-year-old Syrian, confessed. Three people were killed and five others seriously injured in a knife attack that occurred among spectators at a community festival in Solingen, Germany, on Friday, August 23.

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The Islamic State (IS) group had claimed on Saturday, August 24, 2024 that one of its members was the author of the deadly knife attack committed the day before during of a festival in Solingen, western Germany, and had acted to “avenge” Muslims “in Palestine and elsewhere”.

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“The perpetrator of the attack on a Christian gathering in the city of Solingen”, which left three dead, “is a soldier” of the Islamic State, the jihadist group claimed in a statement released by its propaganda organ Amaq.

“The attacker stabbed people at random with a knife”, Alexander Kresta, spokesman for the Wuppertal police, told the tabloid Bild. After the attack during the celebrations for the 650th anniversary of the city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the area was “largely cordoned off”, according to Düsseldorf police.