Islamic State group claims responsibility for Solingen stabbings that left three dead
The group said in a statement published on its Amaq news site that the attacker targeted Christians, 'to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.'
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00:00The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in the German
00:07city of Solingen on Friday evening that killed three people and wounded eight others.
00:12The group said in a statement on its Amak news site that the attacker targeted Christians
00:17to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.
00:22That announcement came after German police said that a second person had been arrested
00:26in connection with the stabbings.
00:28Saturday's arrest happened after a raid on a refugee center in Solingen.
00:34German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that the attacks were a terrible event that
00:39had shocked him.
00:40In a post on X, he said the perpetrator must be caught quickly and punished with the full
00:45force of the law.
00:47People alerted police shortly after 9.30pm local time on Friday to an unknown attacker
00:52who had wounded several people after stabbing indiscriminately on a downtown square.
00:57Solingen was hosting the Festival of Diversity to mark the 650th anniversary of the city.
01:03It was supposed to run until Sunday, but the event has since been called off.