ISIS assumes responsibility for the stab attack on Germany's Solingen

The Islamic State Group has claimed responsibility Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, which killed three people and injured eight others.

According to the German medium Bild, the terrorist organisation's news channel said: “The attacker at the Christian rally in the town of Solingen in Germany yesterday was a soldier of Islamic State”.

Therefore, the Islamist committed the act as revenge for the Muslims in Palestine”

Otherwise, police in Germany had said they did not rule out a <x0 terrorist “48x1> following a mass stab shot at a festival Friday evening.

At a news conference, police said they had arrested a 15-year-old at his parents' home in the early hours of Saturday over the attack on Solingen, West Germany.

But they added that he is not believed to be the prime suspect.

He said a <x0-minute terrorist” could not be expelled, in part because the attacker did not seem to know his victims.

One woman, 56 and two men, 56 and 67, all from the region, were killed in the attack Friday evening, authorities said.

Police found at least one weapon that may have been used in the attack and are analyzing it for DNA tracks.

They said they had no indifference on the festival's continuation that there was a security threat.