German Chancellor Promises More Deportations After Solingen Knife Attack

A 26-year-old Syrian suspect is being held by police on suspicion of fatally stabbing three people at a festival in Solingen.

Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz lays a flower at a church, near the scene of a knife attack in Solingen, Germany, on Aug. 26, 2024. Thomas Banneyer/AP

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised on Aug. 26 to increase deportations and strengthen knife laws as he visited the scene of a mass stabbing in Germany.

Scholz was paying his respects in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, after the Aug. 23 attack, allegedly carried out by a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria. Three people were killed, and eight were wounded.