2024-08-24 14:21:04
German police announced this Saturday the arrest of 15-year-old boy allegedly connected to the knife attack happened last Friday in the city of Solingen and has resulted in three deaths and eight injuries.
“During the search operations, people have been detained and they are checking if there is any connection with the crime,” said the police. Dusseldorf Police in a statement before, in a press conference, the Prosecutor’s Office gave more details about the identity of the person arrested and also confirmed the presence of several knives, one of which could be a murder weapon.
According to the local police chief, Thorsten Fleiss, the young man has been arrested thanks to the statements of many witnesses who recognizes you talk with the individual who may be the maker of the knivesminutes before the attack.
The police he does not rule a terrorist cause but has not confirmed this aspect (which depends, in any case, on the Prosecutor’s Office) and continues with the investigation with “different police measures, with searches in several places”, without giving more details in this case.
Around 9:45 p.m. (local time) on Friday, an unidentified man started recklessly attacking people in the Fronhof, a market in the city center where a stage was set for the game. commemorative events for 650 years of Solingen.
He managed to escape the chaos and left three dead in his wake – two men aged 56 and 67, and a woman aged 56 – and eight injured, among them. four in critical condition.
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