Germany knife attack suspect arrested - Islamic State Responsible
The attacker is still at free, according to police, but they have also captured a juvenile who they believe may be related to the incident.
The extremist organization posted a message on its Telegram channel, referring to the attacker as a "soldier of the Islamic State" and stating that "he carried out the attack in revenge for Muslims in palestine and everywhere."
North Rhine-Westphalian premier Hendrik Wuest called friday night's attack during a fair in the city a terror act.
Wuest told reporters, "This attack has struck at the heart of our country."
According to Interior minister Nancy Faeser, officials were making every effort to apprehend the attacker.
The entire day was devoted manhunting by the police. police were looking for a potential connection between the detained 15-year-old and the attacker.
Because there was no other known reason and the victims appeared unconnected, Markus Caspers, an officer with the public prosecutor's office in Duesseldorf, stated that investigators were considering the attack as a potential terrorist event.
According to Thorsten Fleiss, a police officer, the attacker seemed to be aiming for his victims' throats.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated in a post on X that "the perpetrator must be swiftly caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law."