Xinhua, Sputnik, Europa Press and AFP
The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, August 25, 2024, p. 20
Berlin. A 26-year-old man turned himself in to German police last night, claiming responsibility for a knife attack in the city of Solingen on Friday that left three people dead and eight seriously injured, the German newspaper reported. Image.
Yesterday morning, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. It indicated on its news site that the targets were Christians and that an Islamic State soldier carried out the attack to avenge the Muslims in Palestine and everywhere. The attribution could not be confirmed.
According to Image The man, who is a Syrian national and arrived in Germany in 2022, was soaked by the rain and covered in blood and approached the police officers and said: I am the one you are looking forTwo more people were arrested yesterday morning, including a 15-year-old teenager, during a raid on a refugee shelter in Solingen.
All this remains to be verified. authorities said.
Arsonist arrested
Meanwhile, in France, a suspect was arrested yesterday for causing an explosion outside a synagogue in La Grande-Motte, in the south of the country, which left one police officer injured, said Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, who added that the police officers who made the arrest were shot at. Two people from his entourage were also arrested, according to the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office.
