Deadly Knife Attack by a Syrian Refugee in Germany Resets the Political Dynamic Ahead of Elections

Germany wrestles with what Die Welt calls ‘young violent men from Muslim societies.’

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Germany Chancellor Scholz lays a flower at a church, near the scene of a knife attack, at Solingen, Germany, August 26, 2024. Thomas Banneyer/dpa via AP

Germany just got the jihadist wake up call that nobody wanted to hear — and the repercussions could be far reaching. On Friday a 26-year-old Syrian refugee, Issa al Hasan, killed three people and wounded eight in a knife attack at Solingen, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 

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