Knife attack in Solingen, Germany

[ballettmaus]

Three people were killed and several injured after they were attacked with a knife at Solingen's 650th anniversary celebration. It seems that the attacker chose the victims at random. The attacker was also able to flee in the ensuing chaos. No known motive as of yet.

German police hunt knife attacker after three killed at Solingen festival

A man - still on the run - randomly stabbed people during a festival in the city of Solingen on Friday.

www.bbc.com

 

[Cachoo]

Well that's awful. Shades of the threat in Vienna though who knows why someone does this to others?

 

[ballettmaus]

Well that's awful. Shades of the threat in Vienna though who knows why someone does this to others?

That's the age-old question and also a question I've been asking myself in general so often as of late.

I sure hope it wasn't another intelligence failure on Germany's part.

 

[Buzz]

Thoughts and prayers to the victims and their loved ones.

 

[ballettmaus]

ISIS has claimed responsibility. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/deadly-knife-attack-festival-germany-rcna168050

 

[Judy]

I saw this last night. Horrible.

 

[text_skate]

The suspected knife attacker from Solingen was supposed to be deported to Bulgaria last year. Corresponding reports by Die Welt and Der Spiegel were confirmed to the news agency dpa. According to the reports, the Syrian-born man had entered the European Union via Bulgaria and applied for asylum in Germany at the end of 2022, which was rejected.

According to the reports, the man had entered the EU via Bulgaria, so Bulgaria would have been responsible for the asylum procedure under the Dublin Convention. However, as he had absconded in Germany, he could not be transferred to Bulgaria in time. Germany was therefore responsible for his case and granted him subsidiary protection, as is usual for people from countries at civil war.

Messerattacke: Mutmaßlicher Angreifer von Solingen sollte abgeschoben werden

Der mutmaßliche Angreifer von Solingen sollte bereits im vergangenen Jahr abgeschoben werden. Laut Medien tauchte er dann unter und bekam später subsidiären Schutz.

www.zeit.de

Very recently I've read an interview with Peter Neumann. He talked about, how terror attacks have changed, about the role of tiktok regarding radicalisation, that these days attackers are quite young, two thirds of them between 13 and 19, which used to be the exception ten years ago. He also underlined, that nowadays when lone wolves attack, ISIS tends to claim the attack.

Good news (relatively, as this shouldn't have happened): Eight other people were injured in the attack, some of them seriously; according to the hospital, all of them are now out of danger.

 

[Ananas Astra]

The attack occured at the "Festival of Diversity"...oh the irony...

 

[skatingguy]

The attack occured at the "Festival of Diversity"...oh the irony...

Not really - ISIS hates diversity as much as you do.

 

[Private Citizen]

What a surprise, another attack from an Islamic illegal immigrant.

 

[Ananas Astra]

Not really - ISIS hates diversity as much as you do.

"Diversity" in Germany is mostly referred to foreign cultures and the country always wants to show how "culturally diverse" it is.

Am I running around with a knife murdering innocent "unbelievers"? You are pathetic.

 

[Ananas Astra]

What a surprise, another attack from an Islamic illegal immigrant.

Only a day or two before that happened, some guy literally executed another guy at the main train station of Frankfurt. And a couple of days before that, there were more attacks and now guess what they all have in common.

 

[skatingguy]

Am I running around with a knife murdering innocent "unbelievers"?

No, you just post hateful comments to an Internet message board.

 

[skatingguy]

What a surprise, another attack from an Islamic illegal immigrant.

Is he? The article that I've read indicates that the suspect is seeking asylum which is a legal status under German law.

Syrian man arrested over deadly knife attack in Germany; Islamic State group claims responsibility

The attack occurred Friday night during a festival commemorating the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Ananas Astra]

Is he? The article that I've read indicates that the suspect is seeking asylum which is a legal status under German law.

Syrian man arrested over deadly knife attack in Germany; Islamic State group claims responsibility

The attack occurred Friday night during a festival commemorating the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen.

www.nbcnews.com

He was denied asylum and was about to be extradited back to Syria back in 2023, but he went into hiding or whatever and managed to stay.

 

[Ananas Astra]

No, you just post hateful comments to an Internet message board.

So "hateful" comments on a message board are on par with ISIS running around attacking random people with a knife? Because this is what you implied earlier by comparing me to those barbarians.

 

[allezfred]

What awful news. Thoughts with the dead and injured and their families.

Two people in this thread though telling on themselves with what they choose to post in the aftermath of horrific events like this. Not a word of sympathy for the victims and all about making their bigoted political points.

 

[Vash01]

Terrible. Condolences to the victims and their families.

 

[Private Citizen]

Two people in this thread though telling on themselves with what they choose to post in the aftermath of horrific events like this. Not a word of sympathy for the victims and all about making their bigoted political points.

Anyone who votes for liberal parties has the blood of this attack and others like it on their hands.

I’m out of thoughts and prayers; show me deportations and enforcement of the law.

(Didn’t realize this was OTBT and not PI; maybe a mod can move this there or move the political posts there.)

 

[canbelto]

This might come as a huge shock to you, but people are deranged and do bad things while being (a migrant/a POC/gay/a woman/trans) and so on.

It's not connected to that person's status as (a migrant/POC/gay/a woman/trans).

 

[Ananas Astra]

This might come as a huge shock to you, but people are deranged and do bad things while being (a migrant/a POC/gay/a woman/trans) and so on.

It's not connected to that person's status as (a migrant/POC/gay/a woman/trans).

Statistics speak LOUDLY.

A couple of years ago a close friend of mine got nuts because one of her best friends was murdered by a truck driver from Morocco.
The only thing her friends and family were worried about after the horrible news came in was "not to instrumentalize her death for the right-wingers".
Dude, if it were my sister/friend/daughter whatever who just was MURDERED, BURNT and LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, my first priority would be to grieve for her.

I experienced the search for the girl first-hand because I was invited to the FB group which was dedicated to the search for her.
I will never forget that one post by one of those people: "Thank you Sophia, for bringing us together in a way we never thought possible!"
Yeah, but dear Sophia was already dead in this dude's truck at that exact moment.

THIS is what I consider distasteful.

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

Statistics speak LOUDLY.

A couple of years ago a close friend of mine got nuts because one of her best friends was murdered by a truck driver from Morocco.
The only thing her friends and family were worried about after the horrible news came in was "not to instrumentalize her death for the right-wingers".

What if her best friend was murdered by a Native-born person of color? Or Native-born White person? Where are the statistics that show that foreign-born POC commit more crimes than native-born ones? The only consistent statistics that cuts through all racial barriers is that males, whatever their color or sexual preference, commit more violent crimes than females.

 

[Ananas Astra]

What if her best friend was murdered by a Native-born person of color? Or Native-born White person? Where are the statistics that show that foreign-born POC commit more crimes than native-born ones? The only consistent statistics that cuts through all racial barriers is that males, whatever their color or sexual preference, commit more violent crimes than females.

You have a point there.

But the family and friends EXPLICITLY demanded (!!!!!!) not to "abuse this case for racism" before even saying that they were grieving.
And this is why I consider it ****ed up.

Morocco is a country where patriarchy is THE SHIT, also because of Islam.
I am seeing the Muslim families having bbqs in our parks all the time. The guys are cooking and the women are sitting all together, veiled and have nothing to say.

So that truck driver probably thought she was offering herself for him because she was wearing a top and a short skirt or shorts or whatever.
She declined and paid for it. With her ****ing life.

 

[allezfred]

Because “native” German men have never raped a women and sexism/misogyny was unheard of in German history….

As for judging how people choose to honour the memory of their loved ones, maybe you should mind your own business?