Arson in Solingen: Migrants also lived in the house. The public prosecutor's office assumes deliberate arson and is investigating murder or attempted murder.

The Islamic association Ditib said in a statement on Wednesday evening that the fire had been set “in a house inhabited mostly by people with a migrant background” The State Integration Council of North Rhine-Westphalia expressed deep concern for social coexistence. There was no evidence of a “xenophobic motive,” it said.