German leader vows tougher knife laws and more deportations after fatal attack

Mr Scholz said he is “furious and angry” about the attack, in which eight other people were injured

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum seekers on Monday as he visited the scene of a knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people (Thomas Banneyer/dpa/AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers on Monday as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

Mr Scholz, speaking after he joined regional officials in laying a white flower at a makeshift memorial in the western city of Solingen, said he is “furious and angry” about the attack, in which eight other people were injured.