The Hunt: ISIS plays a key role in terror attack in Germany

The Islamic State militant group ISIS has claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking Solingen, Germany’s 650th anniversary.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, suggests ISIS on the rise again in Europe and beyond.

Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, speaks with WTOP's J.J. Green about ISIS' presence in Europe.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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