German police say 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be behind Solingen knife attack

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SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — ******* police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly

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that left three ***** and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.

Düsseldorf police said in a ****** statement with the prosecutor’s office that the man “stated that he was responsible for the *******,” adding he had been arrested before, but didn’t provide details. “This person’s involvement in the ****** is currently being intensively investigated,” the statement said.

On Saturday the

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claimed responsibility for the *******, without providing evidence. The extremist group said on its news site that the attacker targeted Christians and that he carried out the assaults Friday night “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and everywhere.” The claim couldn’t be independently verified.

Officials had earlier said a 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion he knew about the planned ******* and ******* to inform authorities, but that he was not the attacker. Two female witnesses told police they overheard the boy and an unknown person before the ******* speaking about intentions that corresponded to the bloodshed, officials said.

People alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. local time Friday that a man had assaulted several people with a ****** on the city’s central square, the Fronhof. The three people ******* were two men aged 67 and 56 and a 56-year-old woman, authorities said. Police said the attacker appeared to have deliberately aimed for his victims’ throats.

Solingen, a city of about 160,000 residents near the ******* cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf, was holding a “Festival of Diversity” to celebrate its anniversary. It began Friday and was supposed to run through Sunday, with several stages in central streets offering attractions such as live music, cabaret and acrobatics. The ******* took place in front of one stage.

The festival was canceled as police looked for clues in the cordoned-off square.

The

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declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria about a decade ago, but now holds no control over any land and has lost many prominent leaders. The group is mostly out of global news headlines.

Still, it continues to recruit members and claim responsibility for

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, including lethal

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earlier this year that ******* dozens of people. Its

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still carry out attacks on government forces in both countries as well as U.S.-backed Syrian fighters.

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