Officers arrest 15-year-old in connection with attack in which three were killed in west German city, but prime suspect is suspected to still be on run
Officers arrest 15-year-old in connection with attack in which three were killed in west German city, but prime suspect is thought to still be on runThe Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others.
Public prosecutor Markus Caspers said of the 15-year-old: “He is at this point only suspected of failing to report a crime.” He added that the suspect was alleged to have spoken with the perpetrator “shortly before the crime”. People began leaving flower bouquets and candles in tribute to the victims at the site of the attack in the centre of Solingen.for people to send in footage or information about the attack as well as a telephone hotline, and urged witnesses not to post relevant videos directly to social media.
The authorities have deployed a “large contingent”, including helicopters, to search for the male assailant who fled the scene, and established road checkpoints. A spokesperson said it remained unclear which direction he had fled in and what means of transport he used. A police spokesperson said emergency services had received several calls at about 9.40pm with witnesses reporting that “an unknown person armed with a knife wounded several people at random”.
The 37-year-old told weekly newspaper Die Zeit that he went to the main square to help and saw lifeless bodies on the ground and people in shock.Another witness, Lars Breitzke, told the local newspaper Solinger Tageblatt that he was a few metres from the attack, not far from the stage, and “understood from the expression on the singer’s face that something was wrong”.
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