The suspected Islamist attack in Solingen must have consequences for asylum policy, according to FDP federal leader Christian Lindner. "Consequences must be drawn from the terrorist act, and with great sober reason," Lindner demanded at an event for the state election in Dresden. "If there are people in Germany who are required to leave the country, then this constitutional state must enforce this with the utmost consistency so that people can rely on this public order anywhere and everywhere."
On Friday evening, three people were killed with a knife at a town festival in Solingen and eight others were injured, some of them seriously. The suspected perpetrator is a 26-year-old Syrian - he is in custody. The federal prosecutor's office is investigating him for murder and on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia - which claimed responsibility for the attack.
