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  • German police shoot dead man armed with knives who attacked passers-by

    09/02/2024 5:15:56 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    The incident took place in the western town of Moers. Germany is on high alert after three people were killed in Friday's knife attack in nearby Solingen. German police on Tuesday said they had shot dead a man suspected of attacking passers-by with knives in the western town of Moers, days after a deadly knife attack in nearby Solingen. Emergency services were called at around 2:45 pm (1245 GMT) on Tuesday and told that a man had "assaulted and threatened several passers-by" in the town, police in nearby Duisburg said in a statement.
  • Germany Mass Stabbing Suspect Had Deportation Order But Was Not Removed: Report

    08/25/2024 8:48:15 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 08/25/2024 | Kurt Zindulka
    The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of killing three and injuring several others at a “festival of diversity” in Germany on Friday reportedly had a deportation order last year, but authorities failed to remove him from the country. According to information obtained by German paper of record Die Welt, 26-year-old Issa Al H., the Syrian asylum seeker who surrendered himself to police on Saturday after the mass stabbing in Solingen, was supposed to be deported in 2023.
  • 15-year-old arrested in connection to horror knife attack in Germany that left 3 dead, several injured: authorities

    08/24/2024 7:49:41 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 49 replies
    Nypost ^ | 08/24/2024 | Christopher Scarglato
    A 15-year-old was arrested Saturday in connection with a knife attack at a festival in Germany that left three people dead and several others hurt, authorities said. The suspect had been on the run for hours following Friday’s bloodshed in Solingen. Authorities could not rule out a “terrorist” motive, noting multiple knives were found, Police Chief Markus Röhrl said. The attacker specifically targeted victims’ throats and necks, Röhrl added.
  • Islamic State claims responsibility for knife attack in Germany

    08/24/2024 1:53:18 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 25 replies
    https://www.reuters.com/ ^ | Aug 24, 2024 | By Matthias Inverardi, Petra Wischgoll and Tom Sims
    SOLINGEN, Germany, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The Islamic State 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 least 9 people stabbed at ‘Festival of Diversity’ in Solingen, Germany. Attacker described by eyewitnesses as an ‘Arab man’. [Allah akbar]

    08/23/2024 3:42:27 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 49 replies
    Maalouf on X ^ | Aug 23, 2024
    🚨 At least 9 people stabbed at ‘Festival of Diversity’ in Solingen, Germany. The attacker has been described by eyewitnesses as an ‘Arab man’. Several fatalities reported. 🇩🇪 pic.twitter.com/xlI3bseqid — Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) August 23, 2024
  • Several reported killed in Germany knife attack

    08/23/2024 2:59:59 PM PDT · by VanShuyten · 39 replies
    BBC ^ | 8/23/2024 | BBC
    A number of people are reported to have been killed in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, local media say. Bild website says a man randomly stabbed passers-by during a festival in the city centre on Friday evening. Several people were also injured. The attacker is believed to have fled the scene, and police have launched a manhunt. Police helicopters were seen hovering above the city. The attack happened during the festival marking 650 years of Solingen. The city authorities asked people to leave the area and police are imposing security cordons. Emergency crews at the...
  • German cop faces criminal charges for calling Angela Merkel 'insane'

    12/25/2016 9:39:55 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 53 replies
    Sunday Express (UK) ^ | 15:59, Fri, Dec 23, 2016 | Tom Parfitt
    A German police officer is facing criminal proceedings after he allegedly branded Chancellor Angela Merkel “insane”. The officer, from the western city of Solingen, could be fined three months’ wages if found guilty of slander. He is said to have made the comments at an event held by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party earlier this month. …
  • British suspected Islamic terrorist arrested in Germany

    07/06/2012 2:26:38 AM PDT · by Cindy · 12 replies
    TELEGRAPH.co.uk ^ | 6:08PM BST 14 Jun 2012 | By Bruno Waterfield, Berlin
    "British suspected Islamic terrorist arrested in Germany A major German security operation targeted "dangerous" Islamist extremists in dawn raids by 850 police officers on 70 mosques, schools and homes across Germany." SNIPPET: "Hans-Peter Friedrich, Germany's interior minister, banned one Salafist network, Millatu Ibrahim, for "working against our constitutional order and against understanding between peoples". He also announced an investigation into two other networks, Dawa FFM and "The True Religion", with a view to a seeking additional bans."" SNIPPET: "Secret intelligence gathered by police and anti-terrorism officers across Europe gave "cause for concern" in Germany, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Austria,...
  • Senate Hs Committee Report Finds Online Jihadist 'Activity' Leads To Violent Islamist Extremism

    03/04/2012 6:40:42 PM PST · by Cindy · 33 replies
    HSTODAY.US - HOMELAND SECURITY TODAY ^ | 02/28/2012 ( 9:12am) | by Anthony Kimery
    "Senate Hs Committee Report Finds Online Jihadist 'Activity' Leads To Violent Islamist Extremism" by Anthony Kimery 02/28/2012 ( 9:12am) SNIPPET: "Violent Islamist extremists use the Internet to recruit, radicalize and mobilize individuals -- including Americans -- and “the threat of violent Islamist extremism has become increasingly decentralized and its messaging has followed that same trajectory,” according to a report issued Monday by both the majority and minority staff of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs." SNIPPET: "The report concluded that “the United States currently has a haphazard approach to dealing with global Internet radicalization and propaganda,” and...