The so-called "Islamic State", IS has claimed responsibility for the murders in Solingen, Germany, while the suspected perpetrator has surrendered.
In the rain and still covered in blood, the man approached officers just after 11pm on Saturday night saying: "I'm the one you're looking for."
While the police had raided a center for asylum seekers, detaining another 36-year-old Syrian.
The authorities said that the suspected assassin is the Syrian Isa H and at the time of his arrest his clothes were covered in blood.
According to the media, the 26-year-old is a Muslim and arrived in Germany in December 2022, when he applied for asylum.
A year later he received the status of temporary protection.
During Saturday, the German media also announced the arrest of a 15-year-old boy who was related to the attack. According to the information, it was about a person from Kyrgyzstan who lived in an asylum. The German chief prosecutor, Markus Caspers, said in a press conference, that "according to the evidence collected, a so far unknown person, shortly before the attack, talked to the young boy about the act that was carried out later.
German authorities say the suspicion is of a terrorist act, said Chief Prosecutor Caspers. In the attack during the 650th anniversary celebrations of the city of Solingen in Germany, three people were killed and 8 others were injured.
In a reaction, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Steinmeier expressed their condolences for the massacre and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.
The "Festival of Diversity" started on Friday to mark Solingen's 650th anniversary and was due to continue until Sunday, but all weekend events were cancelled.
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