A special session is to be held in the North Rhine Westphalia state parliament later this week following the fatal knife attack in the western city of Solingen, the opposition Social Democrats (SPD) and Free Democrats (FDP) said on Monday. The SPD has called for the interior and integration committees to meet together, while the FDP has requested a special session of the interior committee. The chairs of both committees are expected to find a date mid-week. The SPD’s motion highlights the attack and the background of the alleged perpetrator, who they claim “lived in a refugee facility and was …