German police mentioned earlier Saturday {that a} 15-year-old particular person had been arrested in reference to the assault , however the hunt for the perpetrator continued. Police later arrested a second particular person 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 reduce the throats of revelers at a crowded competition to have a good time the town’s 650th anniversary. 4 of the individuals wounded within the assault have been in severe situation.
After the assault, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck mentioned some tightening of weapons restrictions is critical. “Extra weapons-free zones and stricter weapons legal guidelines — no person in Germany wants reducing and stabbing weapons in public. We are not any longer residing within the Center Ages,” Habeck mentioned.
Hendrik Wuest, premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, described Friday night’s assault throughout a competition within the metropolis as an act of terror.
“This assault has struck on the coronary heart of our nation,” Wuest advised reporters.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz mentioned the “full pressure of the regulation should be utilized” to the Solingen assault. “The perpetrator should be caught shortly and punished to the total extent of the regulation,” he mentioned in a put up on X.
Inside Minister Nancy Faeser mentioned German safety authorities “are doing every thing they’ll to catch the perpetrator and decide the background to the assault.”