Berlin unveils new security package after Solingen attack
German leaders have agreed on new security measures after a deadly knife attack at a street festival. The package aims to tackle Islamic extremism and loopholes in asylum law, as well as tighten rules on weapons. Leading German government politicians on Thursday came up with a package of security measures that aim to prevent a repeat of the deadly knife attack in the western city of Solingen last week, in which three died. The attack has ignited a renewed debate on migration and asylum law across the country, with the main suspect being a Syrian asylum-seeker who had been facing a deportation order that failed to be carried out. The 26-year-old man is believed to have links with the terror group "Islamic State" (IS), which claimed responsibility for the attack, though this has not been verified. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said the measures were designed to combat extremist Islamic ideology, to facilitate the deportation of rejected asy...