The Islamic State claimed responsibility.

The organization Islamic State Today he claimed responsibility for the knife attack in the city. Solingen Western Germany, where three people were killed on Friday.

This was reported by the terrorist organization’s news channel. “The attacker at a Christian gathering yesterday in Solingen, Germany, was a soldier of the Islamic State.”Adding that he carried out the massacre in revenge Muslims in Palestine.

Meanwhile, new details from the massacre moments at the festivals 650 years to Solingenbrought to the surface by ImageSpecifically, according to the testimony of one of the injured, the perpetrator was heard screaming: “God is Great” (God is Great) during the attack, adding that he knew the perpetrator. “From Solingen” And that he was a visitor to a local mosque.

Meanwhile, two other witnesses reported hearing a 15-year-old boy talking to the suspect. According to Bild, the attacker told the boy: “Today I will stab them all!” The 15-year-old was arrested Saturday morning at a refugee shelter, accused of failing to report planned crimes. According to SpiegelHe is originally from Kyrgyzstan and declines to give details.

An investigation is underway to fully identify the perpetrator, with local authorities mobilizing 250 police officers.

Police said there was no motive other than terrorism.

Earlier, the Attorney General Markus CaspersWho investigates knife attack at his festival? SolingenHe had announced that there was no “motive other than terrorism” behind the attack, in which three people were killed and eight others injured.

During a press conference on the case, police chief Torsten Fleis also confirmed information that the attacker specifically targeted his victims’ necks, which had initially been denied. Mr Fleis also explained that there is currently no photo of the perpetrator that could be used in the investigation to identify him, but “A lot of evidence is being investigated and a lot of material is being received all the time.”

For his part, Mr. said: Hendrick West, The Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia said that this attack was “terrorist act”.

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