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Germany’s Scholz vows tougher asylum rules after suspected Islamist attack

08/26/2024

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2024.08.26 06:11

BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to step up deportations and bring down irregular migration on Monday during a visit to the city of Solingen, where three people were killed in a mass stabbing over the weekend.

© Reuters. North Rhine-Westphalia state premier Hendrik Wuest, Solingen mayor Tim Kurzbach and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pay their respects at the site where three people were killed and several injured in a stabbing attack at a festival, in Solingen, Germany, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Jana Rodenbusch

“This was terrorism, terrorism against us all,” Scholz told reporters in the western city after laying a flower at the site of the attack in memory of the victims.

The attack, which investigators believe was carried out by a suspected Islamic State member from Syria, has fueled political tensions over asylum and deportation rules as well as violent crime ahead of three state elections next month.

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