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Introduction – Aug 24, 2024

We had been suspicious from the outset about reports of a spate of stabbings in the west German city of Soligen. Even though there were many eyewitnesses none of the news reports carried any details about the identity of the perpetrator.

Now we know why.

If the ‘journalists’ responsible had done there job they would have least interviewed some of the witnesses and asked about the identity of the attacker.

One hint about the knifeman’s identity comes in claims from Islamic State that one of their members was responsible. This may be completely unfounded but it adds to suspicions that the culprit was not a native German.

This was further substantiated when police reportedly detained a man at a “refugee center”.

Subsequent reports have confirmed what the following BBC report pointedly fails to highlight.

The suspect was in fact a Syrian refugee, no doubt brought to Germany through Angela Merkel’s open door immigration policy.

Note also how the BBC fails to mention the irony that the stabbings took place at a festival that was intended to celebrate “diversity”. Or the fact that Britons are legally compelled to pay an annual ‘license fee’ for what is essentially contrived propaganda.

Moreover, the BBC also pointedly fails to reflect on the fact that it wasn’t just any refugee that was responsible for these attacks but a Syrian refugee. The irony being that the West helped create the refugee crisis in Syria through its covert support for various anti-Assad groups. These crucial background facts are completely ignored by the BBC. Ed.

Police in Soligen celebrating the joys of diversity. Click to enlarge

Germany attack: Police arrest suspected knifeman

BBC Online – Aug 24, 2024

German police have arrested a man suspected of killing three people and injuring another eight in Friday’s knife attack in the western city of Solingen, a regional minister has said.

“The man we’ve really been looking for the whole day has just been taken into custody,” Herbert Reul, the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, told ARD public TV late on Saturday.

He gave no details, but Germany’s Bild and Spiegel news websites reported that the suspect, in dirty blood-stained clothes, had given himself up.

Two men, aged 56 and 67, and a 56-year-old woman were stabbed to death during a festival, in what Chancellor Olaf Scholz described as a “horrific act”.

“We have found evidence,” Mr Reul told ARD Tagesthemen news.

The minister said he was the man “we most suspected”.

A state interior ministry spokesman confirmed that the man had turned himself in.

This was the third arrest on Saturday, following the stabbing attack that shocked Germany.

Earlier police said a man was detained at a refugee centre close to the site of the attack.

Bild reported that special task force (SEK) officers stormed the refugee centre, arresting a suspect.

It said the building was located about 300m (984ft) from Fronhof – Solingen’s central market square where people were stabbed on Friday night.

That arrest came a few hours after a 15-year-old boy was detained. Officials said he was not the main suspect – but was alleged to have known about the attack.

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for the attack.

It did not immediately provide any evidence and it was not clear how close any relationship with the attacker was.

The attacker reportedly stabbed passers-by at random during a festival to celebrate 650 years since the industrial city of Solingen was founded.

The situation in the square after the attack was “very hectic”, which made it difficult to find the perpetrator, the police said.

They also confirmed that the attacker “targeted” people’s throats and necks.

Solingen – a city famous for its steel industry – has about 160,000 inhabitants. It lies about 25km (15 miles) east of Düsseldorf.

The city’s authorities asked people to leave the Fronhof area after the attack at about 22:00 local time (21:00 BST) on Friday.

The planned three-day celebrations of the city anniversary – for which about 75,000 people had been expected – were cancelled after the attack.

Solingen Mayor Tim Kurzbach later said that “all of us in Solingen are in shock, horror and great sadness.

“It breaks my heart that an attack has happened in our city. I have tears in my eyes when I think of those we’ve lost.

“I pray for all those still fighting for their lives. Also my greatest sympathy for all those who had to experience this, these images must have been horrific.”

The entrance to Fronhof is now being guarded by police.

People have been bringing flowers and candles to the site of the attack that shocked the entire country.

Players from Germany’s top Bundesliga football league wore black armbands during Saturday’s matches.

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