Solingen attack latest: German police name man, 26, accused of murdering three and injuring eight at festival

German prosecutors have named the man suspected of carrying out a brutal knife attack at a festival that killed three people and injured eight.

The Syrian national was named a Issa Al H, omitting his family name because of German privacy laws. The 26-year-old man had turned himself in to police late on Saturday amid a major manhunt.

German federal prosecutors are investigating the suspect for links to the Islamic State extremist group after they claimed responsibility for Friday’s atrocity , which saw the knifeman aim for victim’s throats.

They are also investigating the man, who had applied for asylum in Germany, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and membership in a foreign terrorist organisation.

Prosecutors said “due to his radical Islamist convictions” he tried to kill as many people as possible that he considered to be non-believers, stabbing them repeatedly in the neck and upper body.

The update comes after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, without providing evidence.

A woman, 56, and two men, aged 56 and 67, were killed in the rampage at a festival to celebrate the city’s 650 ^th anniversary.