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.