A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the terror attack in Solingen, Germany. The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf found him guilty on Wednesday of multiple counts of murder, among other charges. The court also determined there were particularly serious aggravating circumstances, leading to an order for indefinite preventive detention.
The verdict aligns with the prosecution’s demand. While the defense also advocated for a life sentence, they opposed the request for preventive detention.
The attack occurred on the evening of August 23, 2024, during a city festival. The perpetrator repeatedly and deliberately targeted the neck and upper body areas of festival attendees. Three people were killed and ten others sustained injuries, some of them severe. The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack the following day, marking the first such claim linked to a terror attack in Germany since the 2016 Christmas market attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz.
