Overview

• The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf resumed proceedings on August 12 with a 58-year-old witness detailing how his wife was fatally stabbed at last year’s Solingen city festival.
• The survivor recounted holding his wife as she bled out after suffering a deep neck wound while he endured two stab injuries that required surgery.
• Federal prosecutors have accused Issa al H. of three counts of murder, ten counts of attempted murder and alleged ties to the Islamic State following the August 23, 2024 attack.
• At the trial’s opening in May the defendant admitted carrying out the knife assault in a lawyer-read statement but has remained silent on the terrorism-related allegations.
• The city of Solingen plans a one-year memorial for August 23, with Ministerpräsident Hendrik Wüst expected to attend to honor the three victims.