ISIS claims responsibility for fatal knife attack at German festival; suspect arrested after manhunt --3 people killed, 8 others injured at Solingen event marking city's 650th anniversary | 24 Aug 2024 | ISIS [I-CIA-SIS], a militant Islamist group, claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack at a festival in Solingen, Germany, that killed three people and wounded eight others at a crowded festival marking the city's 650th anniversary. The group said the attacker targeted Christians and is a "soldier of the Islamic State" who carried out the Friday night attack "to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere." The ISIS claim couldn't immediately be verified. No evidence for the group's assertions was provided. Police later detained a suspect, the state internal affairs minister of North Rhine-Westphalia said early Sunday.