Suspected Islamic extremist charged over deadly German knife attack

German president Frank Walter Steinmeier and his wife attend a wreath laying ceremony for the victims of a knife attack in Solingen (Michael Probst/AP)

Germany’s top prosecutor has charged a suspected Islamic extremist with murder, attempted murder and membership in a terrorist organisation abroad in connection with a deadly knife attack last year at a festival in the western German city of Solingen.

The August 24 violence left three dead and 10 wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary.