ISIS Claims Responsibility for Knife Attack in Germany

Published on August 24, 2024

SOLINGEN, Germany—The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the German city of Solingen that killed three people and wounded eight others. Some 24 hours after the attack, police said they made a second arrest on Saturday evening as part of a police operation at a home for refugees in Solingen. Police said they could not provide more details on the individual or its connection to the incident. Police earlier on Saturday detained a teenager who they said may be connected with the attack but said the perpetrator was still at large. Describing the man who carried out the attack as a “soldier of the Islamic State,” the terrorist group said in a statement on its Telegram account: “He carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.”...