Scholz Vows Tighter Weapons Rules After Fatal Knife Attack
- Chancellor pledges faster deportation of failed asylum seekers
- Syrian man in custody accused of killing three, injuring eight
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged to tighten weapons regulations and accelerate the deportation of rejected asylum seekers after three people were knifed to death in Solingen on Friday.
A Syrian man named as Issa Al H. who had avoided deportation after a failed asylum application is in custody accused of carrying out the attack at a festival in the western German city near Dusseldorf and membership of the extremist Islamic State.