Tensions have been rising in Germany following the recent brutal attack in Solingen, where a 26-year-old man was shot dead by police in Moers after attacking passers-by with a knife.
A man suspected of stabbing passers-by in Moers, western Germany, was shot dead on Tuesday, days after a deadly knife attack in the nearby town of Solingen, German police said.
Emergency services were called at 2.45pm on Tuesday to reports of a man “Attacked and threatened several passers-by” in the city, Duisburg police said in a statement.
Authorities were able to locate the 26-year-old German suspect “He struck them with the two knives that were in his hands”Police said. The man was shot dead by the police “Death Wound”But no one else was hurt.
The incident comes as Germany is on high alert after a stabbing attack at a street festival in Solingen on Friday left three people dead and eight injured. The attack is believed to have been carried out by a 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of links to the Islamic State group.
President Olaf Scholz paid tribute to the victims on Monday and pledged to strengthen Germany’s gun laws. “Especially regarding the use of knives.”. Arms control will be strengthened “too quickly”Mr. Scholz said.
The Solingen attack reignited the debate on immigration in the country and Mr. The attacker should have been deported to Bulgaria, where he first arrived in the EU, but he appears to have easily evaded extradition attempts.
On Monday, Mr. Scholz said Germany “It will do everything in its power to ensure the repatriation and deportation of people who cannot and should not be in Germany.”.
