Interview with the Solingen Attacker's Family

The German outlet Der Spiegel was able to locate the family of the Syrian man who declared his allegiance to the Islamic State’s caliph and carried out the recent terrorist attack in Solingen, Germany. The family originates from Dayr al-Zur but lives in the Tadhamun neighbourhood of Damascus, and the attacker’s father and sister spoke to Der Spiegel in an exclusive interview. The interview was published in German and I have translated it for this post (many thanks to Peter Neumann for sending me the interview).

Some highlights from the interview:

. Issa was not religious while he was with the family, as he did not perform all the obligatory prayers and did not fast for the entirety of Ramadan.