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Crime scene in Dresden
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The federal prosecutor is investigating Abdullah Al HH after a fatal knife attack in Dresden. According to SPIEGEL information, the investigators assume that he acted for Islamist motives.
The attack is therefore considered a terrorist case.
The fatal attack occurred on October 4th.
Abdullah Al HH allegedly attacked two men in downtown Dresden with a kitchen knife.
The 55-year-old from Krefeld later died in the hospital, his 53-year-old companion survived the attack and, according to the public prosecutor, has since returned to Cologne.
So far it is unclear why the Syrian attacked the vacationers.
According to SPIEGEL information, the suspect has been known to the Saxon security authorities as a violent extremist for some time.
The police listed Abdullah Al HH as a threat.
The 20-year-old was sentenced some time ago to more than two years in prison, among other things for instructing the commission of a serious act of violence that was dangerous to the state.
In addition, the court considered it proven that the rejected asylum seeker had recruited members for the "Islamic State" (IS).
According to SPIEGEL information, the alleged perpetrator came to Germany in 2015.
Since the early summer of 2017, he is said to have increasingly turned to IS and thought about an attack.
The man may have radicalized himself further while in detention.
The accused was only released from custody at the end of September after serving his youth sentence and has been under supervision ever since.
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