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Bruce Golding

Syrian Man, 26, Surrenders, Confesses to Deadly Stabbing Rampage At German Diversity Festival: Authorities

Members of a special police unit escort Issa Al H. to the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (Credit: THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

A 26-year-old Syrian asylum seeker has surrendered to police who said he confessed to trying to kill as many people as possible during a deadly stabbing rampage at a German diversity festival for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

The suspect, identified only as Issa Al H. due to German privacy laws, said he randomly attacked festival attendees "due to his radical Islamic convictions," federal prosecutors said Sunday, Reuters reported.

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