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 large.
Describing the man who carried out the attack as a "soldier of the Islamic State", the militant group said in a statement on its Telegram account: "He carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in Palestine and everywhere”
because Germany?
A 26-year-old man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, Der Spiegel and other media reported late on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people.
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Hendrik Wuest, premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, described Friday evening's attack during a festival in the city as an act of terror.
Why in Germany about Muslims in Palestine and Everywhere? ‘Cuz targets? Someone might know someone (or not) elsewhere & the terrorism in Germany might affect the outcome in wherever ‘cuz solidarity?
"This attack has struck at the heart of our (German) country," Wuest told reporters.
The attack took place in the Fronhof, a market square in the western German city where live bands were playing as part of a festival marking the its 650th anniversary.
Authorities cancelled the remainder of the weekend festival…
’cuz Palestine?
(I wonder what terrorist acts Israel enacted in Germany recently for balance?)
