As a follow-up to last night’s report on the knife jihad in Solingen, the good citizens of Solingen were shocked — shocked! — to learn that the alleged and still uncaptured perpetrator had shouted “Allahu Akhbar” during his culture-enriching escapade.

Gary Fouse sends these additional details:

According to the Solinger Tageblatt, a 15-year-old has been arrested but police are not stating for sure whether he was involved. The arrest is apparently based on an overheard conversation prior to the crime.

At this point the suspect is charged with failing to report planned crimes.

The attacker is considered still at large. Police are not ruling out a terror motive. I am surmising from the articles that the 15-year-old was overhead by a witness talking with the attacker about an attack before it happened.

His translation of the first two paragraphs from the article in Welt am Sonntag:

Police report — Witness heard “Allahu Akhbar” shout

Welt am Sonntag is aware of an internal police report on the knife attack in Solingen. An injured witness stated that he recognized the suspect from the city and that he attended a local mosque.

In a Solingen police report that Welt am Sonntag is aware of, it states verbatim: “An injured witness stated that he knew recognized the man from seeing him in Solingen” and also that he was an attendee at a local mosque. A witness reported that the suspect shouted “Allahu Akhbar” during the crime.

According to this report, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Below is a brief video report from Solingen, also translated by Gary Fouse. Many thanks to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

Video transcript: