ISIS claims responsibility for deadly knife attack in Germany ‘in revenge for Muslims in Palestine’

The killer is still at large, and his connection with ISIS has not yet been confirmed. 

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

The ISIS (Islamic State In Syria) terrorist organization claimed responsibility via Telegram for a stabbing attack in Germany that killed three and injured eight in Germany on Friday, and claimed it was “revenge for the Muslims in Palestine.”

However, the terrorist is still at large, and their connection with ISIS has not yet been confirmed.

On Friday, a man wielding a knife killed two men aged 67 and 56, along with a 56-year-old woman, and wounded 8 others in Fronhof Central Square in Solingen.

Four of the wounded are in critical condition.

A 15-year-old who spoke with the attacker is being questioned for any possible connection with him.

While the teenager spoke to him, the man was heard saying, “I’m going to stab everyone,” and there are suspicions he may have known about the plans to attack but didn’t report it.

German police have launched a manhunt, and the terrorist is still at large.

The stabbing took place during a music festival held to celebrate  650 years of Solingen, and the three-day festival was expected to attract 75,000 visitors.

Before ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, German police were baffled regarding the attacker’s motives.

‘None of us knows why’ the attack took place,” said Herbert Reul, the interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state.

“I can’t say anything about the motive now,” he added, and the attacker left the scene ‘relatively quickly.’

An Arab-Israeli doctor working at an Israeli hospital has been indicted for membership in a terrorist organization after he was discovered to be a member of the radical Islamist terror group ISIS.

Prosecutors released details from the charge sheet against Muhammad Azzam, a 34-year-old resident doctor working at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.

“As part of the investigation carried out by the Shin Bet and the Israel Police’s Southern District, it was discovered that the suspect swore allegiance to the Islamic State and joined the terror organization. He spent a long period of time consuming ISIS-affiliated content,” the Shin Bet and Israel Police said in a joint statement Thursday.