IS-inspired Syrian migrant found guilty of 2024 stabbing in Germany’s Solingen

DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -A German court found Syrian citizen Issa Al Hasan guilty of an Islamic State-inspired 2024 stabbing attack on a festival in the western city of Solingen in which three people were killed and 10 others injured, sentencing him to life imprisonment.

The attack upended the election campaign heading up to this year’s national election, boosting the far-right Alternative for Germany and contributing to now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s decision to double down on…