AfD leader Alice Weidel is calling for "an immediate stop to immigration and naturalization for at least five years". If the AfD were in government, the borders would be closed and controlled, she said at an election rally of the Saxon AfD in Bautzen a few days before the state elections in Saxony. After Solingen at the latest, she was "fed up" with "hollow phrases" and "stupid chatter".
In the suspected Islamist attack in Solingen, an attacker killed three people with a knife at a city festival on Friday evening and injured eight others. The suspected perpetrator is 26-year-old Syrian Issa Al H., who is in custody. The federal prosecutor's office is investigating him on charges including murder and suspected membership of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia.
Weidel painted a dark picture of the situation in Germany. There is an erosion of internal security and "knife crimes every day". The AfD wants to end the "loss of control" and the "failure of the state". A sustainable turnaround on migration and asylum is needed. Weigel also took issue with the coronavirus policy. Those responsible had lied, said the AfD parliamentary group leader in the Bundestag. She threatened: "These people in charge should "ask for forgiveness on their knees". The AfD would hold them to account.
