Scholz Pledges Mass Deportations After Deadly Solingen Stabbing: Far-Right Flares Up

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00:00Olaf Scholz, paying his respects to the victims of a mass stabbing in Solingen.

00:07The German Chancellor branded the attack as terrorism and vowed not to bow in the fight

00:12against extremism.

00:16This was terrorism.

00:18Terrorism against us all.

00:21That threatens our lives and community, the way we live.

00:24That is also what those who plan and carry out such attacks always intend.

00:30And that is something we will never accept nor tolerate.

00:37Over the weekend, police arrested the main suspect, a 26-year-old Syrian man.

00:42The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility.

00:46Meanwhile, officers searched the asylum centre where he is reported to have lived.

00:51According to media reports, the alleged perpetrator had an application for asylum rejected, but

00:56he went on the run before he could be deported back to Bulgaria, the country where he had

01:01first entered the European Union.

01:05Far-right groups have held protests since the attacks and were met by counter-demonstrations.

01:11The incident has turbo-charged calls to tighten asylum, deportation and security rules.

01:19This young man was not on a legal basis in Germany concerning the German asylum right.

01:26He was not allowed to get asylum in Germany and I question mark why he was still in Germany

01:32due to the fact that he was obliged to go home.

01:36And in case that he would have been sent home, he would have not been able to do this terror

01:43attack on Friday evening in Solingen on the 4th of August.

01:47The German Chancellor promised to get a grip on deportations.

01:53We will do everything we can and must to ensure that those who cannot and may not stay in

01:59Germany are repatriated and deported.

02:05Schultz said he also wants to review weapons laws and improve cooperation with European

02:09neighbours and the capital nerves are on edge.

02:14It's shocking that something like this can happen in Germany.

02:18I already feel safe because, as they say, dirt always floats to the top and of course

02:23you only ever hear about these things and not about the things that go on normally in

02:28a city like this.

02:30But of course it's a bit scary.

02:35The right-wingers will profit from this act.

02:38They will exploit it and say, look, we have to get rid of all the refugees and I'm more

02:44afraid of that than of refugees.

02:48For Olaf Schultz, the fallout may continue.

02:50The attack is likely to dominate in two state elections later this week, where his Social

02:55Democrat party is expected to suffer heavy defeats.

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