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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Germany announces tougher knife laws after deadly attack - The Untold Story

German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser present the security package, including tougher knife laws, in Berlin (Credit: AFP)

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Thursday the government would toughen knife controls and curb benefits for some illegal migrants in response to a suspected Islamist stabbing.

Three people were killed and eight others injured at a festival in the western city of Solingen on Friday, in an attack allegedly carried out by a 26-year-old Syrian man with links to the Islamic State group.

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