German police stated earlier Saturday {that a} 15-year-old individual had been arrested in reference to the assault , however the hunt for the perpetrator continued. Police later arrested a second individual at a house for asylum seekers in Solingen, the German information company DPA reported.
Particular police models had joined the seek for the knifeman who minimize the throats of revelers at a crowded pageant to rejoice the town’s 650th anniversary. 4 of the folks wounded within the assault had been in critical situation.
After the assault, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck stated some tightening of weapons restrictions is critical. “Extra weapons-free zones and stricter weapons legal guidelines — no one in Germany wants reducing and stabbing weapons in public. We aren’t any longer residing within the Center Ages,” Habeck stated.
Hendrik Wuest, premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, described Friday night’s assault throughout a pageant within the metropolis as an act of terror.
“This assault has struck on the coronary heart of our nation,” Wuest informed reporters.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated the “full pressure of the regulation should be utilized” to the Solingen assault. “The perpetrator should be caught shortly and punished to the full extent of the regulation,” he stated in a put up on X.
Inside Minister Nancy Faeser stated German safety authorities “are doing every little thing they’ll to catch the perpetrator and decide the background to the assault.”