According to the German police, the “real suspect” for the Friday night stabbing that also injured 8 people. Authorities said the man turned himself in and is being questioned. The main suspect is a 26-year-old Syrian, the police reported, quoted by BNT.
According to the newspaper “Spiegel“ arrived in Germany at the end of December 2022 and applied for asylum. The security authorities had no suspicions that he was an Islamist extremist.
This is the third arrest within a day. There was also a police operation at a refugee center not far from the site of the attack. A man was arrested. A 15-year-old boy was also detained earlier on suspicion of knowing about the planned attack but not informing the authorities. The victims of the attack were two men aged 56 and 67, as well as a 56-year-old woman.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack yesterday, but no evidence has been provided, nor is it clear how close the attacker was to the terrorist group.