Islamic State group claims responsibility for Solingen stabbings that left three dead

The group said in a statement published on its Amaq news site that the attacker targeted Christians, 'to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.'

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00:00The so-called Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a knife attack in the German

00:07city of Solingen on Friday evening that killed three people and wounded eight others.

00:12The group said in a statement on its Amak news site that the attacker targeted Christians

00:17to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.

00:22That announcement came after German police said that a second person had been arrested

00:26in connection with the stabbings.

00:28Saturday's arrest happened after a raid on a refugee center in Solingen.

00:34German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that the attacks were a terrible event that

00:39had shocked him.

00:40In a post on X, he said the perpetrator must be caught quickly and punished with the full

00:45force of the law.

00:47People alerted police shortly after 9.30pm local time on Friday to an unknown attacker

00:52who had wounded several people after stabbing indiscriminately on a downtown square.

00:57Solingen was hosting the Festival of Diversity to mark the 650th anniversary of the city.

01:03It was supposed to run until Sunday, but the event has since been called off.