BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to step up deportations and convey down irregular migration on Monday throughout a go to to the town of Solingen, the place three individuals had been killed in a mass stabbing over the weekend.
“This was terrorism, terrorism against us all,” Scholz advised reporters within the western metropolis after laying a flower on the web site of the assault in reminiscence of the victims.
The assault, which investigators consider was carried out by a suspected Islamic State member from Syria, has fueled political tensions over asylum and deportation guidelines in addition to violent crime forward of three state elections subsequent month.