Solingen stabbing attack: suspect shares Islamic State ideology, say prosecutors

The inscription ‘Why? You are not alone’ near the scene of the attack in Solingen, Germany. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty

Prosecutors have said the suspect arrested over a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen shares the ideology of the Islamic State group and was acting on those beliefs when he attacked.

The 26-year-old Syrian, who had turned himself in, was identified by federal prosecutors as Issa Al H, with his last name omitted in line with German privacy laws.