Approximately twenty-four hours after the three-person stabbing incident in the western German town of Solingen, a 26-year-old man has been placed under arrest by the police, according to reports published late on saturday by Der Spiegel and other media outlets. police did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Eight other people were injured in Friday's knife assault, which was first claimed by the Islamic State organization.
 
A second arrest was made, according to police, early on saturday as part of an operation at a Solingen refugee house. The person's identity and its relationship to the event were not disclosed by the police.
 
The attacker is still at free, according to police, but they have also captured a juvenile who they believe may be related to the incident.
 
The extremist organization posted a message on its Telegram channel, referring to the attacker as a "soldier of the Islamic State" and stating that "he carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in palestine and everywhere."
 
It was unclear how close the attacker and Islamic State were to one another, and it did not promptly offer any proof to support its claim.
 
North Rhine-Westphalian premier Hendrik Wuest called friday night's attack during a fair in the city a terror act.
 
Wuest told reporters, "This attack has struck at the heart of our country."
 
According to Interior minister Nancy Faeser, officials were making every effort to apprehend the attacker.
 
The entire day was devoted manhunting by the police. police were looking for a potential connection between the detained 15-year-old and the attacker.
 
The incident happened in the Fronhof, a market square in the city of western Germany, where live music was being performed as a part of a celebration commemorating its 650th anniversary.
 
Because there was no other known reason and the victims appeared unconnected, Markus Caspers, an officer with the public prosecutor's office in Duesseldorf, stated that investigators were considering the attack as a potential terrorist event.
 
According to Thorsten Fleiss, a police officer, the attacker seemed to be aiming for his victims' throats.
 
Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated in a post on X that "the perpetrator must be swiftly caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law."
 
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25/08/2024 08:00 AM