Lawyers of Solingen suspect threatened by far-right group, police say

A far-right group is suspected of having threatened attorneys who represented the alleged perpetrator in the Solingen stabbing when he applied for asylum in Germany, police in the city of Dresden said on Wednesday.

Several suspects put up three wooden crosses in front of the Dresden law firm which represented the alleged perpetrator, a 26-year-old Syrian national, in his asylum proceedings, police said.

The man identified as Issa Al H in line with Germany’s strict privacy laws is accused to have killed three people and injured eight more in the stabbing in the western city of Solingen on August 23.

He has been placed in custody.

The state security service launched an investigation after a group of people put up the crosses as well as posters accusing the firm of being partially responsible for the deaths in the Solingen attack in front of the company’s driveway on Saturday, police said.

The anti-immigrant, anti-Islam Identitarian Movement has claimed responsibility for the action in Dresden on Telegram, according to police.

Among the suspects is a 25-year-old from the eastern city of Chemnitz, it said.

The Identitarian Movement campaigns against multicultural societies and spreads far-right conspiracy myths. In Germany, it is monitored by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency.