More than a week after the fatal knife attack in Solingen, inflammatory posters appeared in the city centre. A manipulated version of the Solingen city sign is titled “Klingenstadt Solingen Center of Knife Migration”.
As confirmed by the Wuppertal police department, the state security service is investigating whether a right-wing extremist group was behind the action. The “Solinger Tageblatt” and the news magazine “Spiegel” reported for the first time.
Weapon used illegally
The signs are surrounded by warrior-looking knife images and speckled with red paint to indicate blood stains. At the bottom, the coat of arms of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and official symbols of the German Federal Government and the German Ministry of the Interior are used illegally.
Investigation into material damage
Therefore, an investigation is being conducted, as well as the damage to property and administrative violations, a police spokeswoman said. There are now advertisements “in the mid-double digits”. According to “Solinger Tageblatt”, the striking posters were placed on an electrical box, among other things. In honor of its 600-year-old tradition of craftsmanship in blade and metal, Solingen has had the official suffix “Klingenstadt” since 2012.
Suspected perpetrator in custody
In the suspected Islamist attack in the city last week, an attacker killed three people with a knife and wounded eight others at a festival. The suspected perpetrator is 26-year-old Syrian Issa Al H., who is in custody in Düsseldorf.
The German Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating him for murder and on suspicion of membership of the terrorist militia Islamic State (IS). They claimed responsibility for the crime and also published a video of a masked man who is said to be the perpetrator. The alleged perpetrator was actually supposed to be deported to Bulgaria last year, but that failed.
Source: Krone
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