Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the scene of a knife attack, in Solingen, Germany, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Credit: AP/Henning Kaiser Critics say there has been little movement since.

German police said that a 26-year-old man claimed to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.

Police in the German city of Solingen said on Saturday (Aug 23) that the man who carried out a knife attack at the "Festival of Diversity" had aimed specifically for slitting people's throats.

Germany's top security official, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, recently proposed toughening weapons laws to allow only knives with a blade measuring up to about 2.4 inches, to be carried in ...

The trial of a Syrian man accused of killing three people in a knife attack in the western city of Solingen last August has brought Germany's asylum policies and security loopholes into focus.

Aug 24 (Reuters) - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people on Friday. The militant group said ...

At the same time, it brings up fundamental questions about Germany's asylum and migration policies as well as its internal security. What happened in Solingen? On August 23, 2024, a Friday evening, an ...

Emergency services tents stand in front of the stage in Solingen city center, Germany, Saturday Aug. 24, 2024, after three people were killed and at least eight people were wounded in a knife ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks during a commemoration service for the victims of a knife attack that killed three people last week, in Solingen, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024.

SOLINGEN, Germany — The Islamic State group Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack in Solingen, Germany that killed three people and wounded eight others, according to its Amaq news ...

German leader vows tougher knife laws and more deportations after fatal attack in Solingen Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz lays a flower at a church, near the scene of a knife attack, in Solingen ...

The trial of a Syrian man accused of killing three people in a knife attack in the western city of Solingen last August has brought Germany's asylum policies and security loopholes into focus.