Overview

• A search operation on June 3 with dozens of officers, including a police dog and shovels, recovered a phone in the garden of Issa al H.’s former refugee accommodation.
• Defence counsel prompted the new search by marking on a map where the missing second mobile phone might lie, following data analysis suggesting its existence.
• Issa al H. has confessed to the August 23, 2024 knife attack that killed three people and injured eight but remains silent on charges of Islamic State membership.
• Survivors testified at the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf about enduring physical injuries and psychological trauma from the Solingen attack.
• Authorities will analyse the recovered device to determine if it holds communications or data that clarify the attacker’s extremist links and planning.