Failed Syrian asylum seeker arrested after knife attack in Germany
The man was arrested after he said he was responsible for the knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival in Solingen on Sunday.
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00:00A man has turned himself in to German police after claiming responsibility for the knife
00:06attack in Solingen that killed three people.
00:10Authorities say the man is a 26-year-old asylum seeker from Syria who was supposed to be deported
00:16to Bulgaria last year.
00:19Germany's federal prosecutor's office says it's now investigating the man on suspicion
00:24of murder and his potential membership of terrorist organization ISIS.
00:30The militant group claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday but did not provide
00:35any evidence.
00:37The suspect has been transferred to the German city of Karlsruhe, where a federal judge has
00:42issued a warrant for his arrest.
00:46German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has demanded more powers for security authorities
00:51following the attack and a number of government critics are calling for a tougher migration
00:56policy including an increase in deportations and permanent border controls.