ISLANIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACKS AND MURDERS IN SOLIBGEN.
(Reuters)SOLINGEN, Germany, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.
North Rhine-Westphalia's interior minister Herbert Reul told the ARD broadcaster that he was "a bit relieved" after authorities spent the day following a "hot lead" that lead to the arrest.
The Islamic State group earlier claimed responsibility for Friday's knife attack that also wounded eight people. Police spent the day conducting a manhunt, making two arrests that were likely not the perpetrator, Reul said.
"The real suspect is the one that we’ve arrested just now," he said. The individual is being questioned and evidence was seized, he said.
Reul said the man was affiliated with a home for refugees that had been searched earlier in the day.
Police declined to immediately comment. Describing the man who carried out the attack as a "soldier of the Islamic State", the militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account: "He carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere."
It did not immediately provide any evidence for its assertion and it was not clear how close any relationship between the attacker and Islamic State was.
GRA:Reuters wants "evidence" of terrorism,lol.What an organization of b.s.
"Ich bin ein Eritrean." (Eritrean festivals.) Just warming up for Oktoberfest in Der Meltingpot, only about six weeks away.
ReplyDeleteIf everyone was well-behaved it wouldn't be diverse. There has to be diverse behavior--murders, maybe some rapes--to make it diverse and vibrant.
ReplyDeleteISLANIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACKS AND MURDERS IN SOLIBGEN.
ReplyDelete(Reuters)SOLINGEN, Germany, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.
North Rhine-Westphalia's interior minister Herbert Reul told the ARD broadcaster that he was "a bit relieved" after authorities spent the day following a "hot lead" that lead to the arrest.
The Islamic State group earlier claimed responsibility for Friday's knife attack that also wounded eight people.
Police spent the day conducting a manhunt, making two arrests that were likely not the perpetrator, Reul said.
"The real suspect is the one that we’ve arrested just now," he said. The individual is being questioned and evidence was seized, he said.
Reul said the man was affiliated with a home for refugees that had been searched earlier in the day.
Police declined to immediately comment.
Describing the man who carried out the attack as a "soldier of the Islamic State", the militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account: "He carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere."
It did not immediately provide any evidence for its assertion and it was not clear how close any relationship between the attacker and Islamic State was.
GRA:Reuters wants "evidence" of terrorism,lol.What an organization of b.s.
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