Syrian IS suspect goes on trial over German festival stabbing

A Syrian antheral suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) radical went connected proceedings successful Germany connected Tuesday implicit a deadly weapon onslaught that killed 3 radical past year.Issa Al Hasan faces charges including 3 counts of murder, 10 counts of attempted execution and rank of a overseas panic organisation.The stabbing successful August successful the occidental metropolis of Solingen was 1 of a drawstring of attacks that shocked Germany and stoked information fears.The suspect, who was 26 astatine the clip of the attack, was an asylum seeker from Syria who had been slated for deportation.German authorities' nonaccomplishment to region him from the state fired a bitter statement implicit migration successful the run-up to nationalist elections.Hasan is alleged to person acceptable retired to harm "nonbelievers" astatine the summertime "festival for diversity" successful the centre of the occidental metropolis of Solingen. The accused "saw them arsenic representatives of Western society" and sought "to instrumentality revenge against them for the subject actions of Western states", prosecutors person said.A subordinate of IS whom Hasan had contacted the aforesaid period arsenic the onslaught allegedly encouraged him to spell up with the program and promised him that the radical would assertion it and usage it for propaganda purposes.The radical aboriginal said successful a connection via its Amaq quality bureau connected the Telegram messaging app that an IS "soldier" had carried retired the onslaught successful "revenge" for Muslims "in Palestine and everywhere".Prosecutors accidental Hasan filmed videos successful which helium pledged allegiance to IS and forwarded them connected to his IS interaction conscionable earlier helium committed the attack.