At a “Festival of Diversity” an unknown person stabs people and manages to escape. NRW Interior Minister Reul now announces that a suspect has been arrested.
The police have arrested a suspect in connection with the knife attack in Solingen. North Rhine-Westphalia’s Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) announced this on ARD’s “Tagesthemen” and spoke of a “real suspect” who had been sought all day. He is now being questioned. A spokesman for the state’s Interior Ministry confirmed that the man had turned himself in. “Spiegel” and “Bild” had previously reported on this.
Referring to a search of a refugee shelter in Solingen, Reul said that this was part of further information that had been used. “But that was not what we wanted. We have been following a hot lead all day, and I can tell you that we successfully closed this hot lead a few minutes ago. The person we have actually been looking for all day has recently been in our custody.”
It is too early to judge whether the arrest was ultimately a success. “I myself am a little relieved at the moment,” said Reul. “I can only tell you that it is now more than just a guess. We not only had a lead on this person, but we also found evidence.”
According to “Spiegel”, the man is a 26-year-old Syrian. According to this information, he came to Germany at the end of December 2022 and applied for asylum. According to “Spiegel” information, he was not previously known to the security authorities as an Islamist extremist. This information was confirmed to the German Press Agency.
On Friday evening, a man apparently randomly stabbed bystanders at an anniversary celebration in the city of Solingen in the Bergisches Land. He then escaped in the tumult and initial panic. Two men, aged 67 and 56, and a 56-year-old woman died. Eight people were injured, four of them seriously.
Source: Stern
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