A Syrian man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing three people in an Islamist-motivated knife attack at a summer festival in the German city of Solingen last year.

The court in Duesseldorf said Issa Al Hasan, 27, was a member of the Islamic State group and had acted out of "treacherous and base motives".

The stabbing spree in August 2024, in which another eight people were seriously........

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