Overview

• In a high-security courtroom in Düsseldorf, Issa al H. confessed to stabbing three people to death and injuring eight at the August 2024 Solingen city festival.
• He has maintained silence on explicit Islamic State membership charges despite prosecutors’ claims that he pledged allegiance to IS in pre-attack videos.
• Investigators presented surveillance recordings tracking his reconnaissance of the Fronhof festival site and his purchase of the black-bladed weapon later discarded in a trash bin.
• Personal footage on his phone showed him vowing revenge for Palestinian children and sending IS-linked messages to a handler just hours before the attack.
• The trial resumes June 3 with further evidence expected and is scheduled to continue through September 24 under heightened security due to its terrorism implications.