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Crime scene in downtown Dresden
Photo: Roland Halkasch
After the terrorist attack in Dresden, the search for a motive is at the center of the investigation.
According to SPIEGEL information, the officials are investigating the question of whether a homophobic attitude on the part of the Islamist could have triggered the attack.
The attacked men may have appeared to him as a couple, according to Saxon security circles.
Officially, the investigators do not provide any information.
At a press conference on Thursday afternoon, the Dresden Public Prosecutor Jürgen Schmidt said that one did not comment on "the sexual orientation of crime victims".
Monitoring on the day of the act
The fatal attack occurred on October 4th.
The Syrian Islamist Abdullah Al HH is said to have attacked the two men in downtown Dresden with two kitchen knives.
One was more than eight inches long.
The 55-year-old victim from Krefeld later died in hospital.
His 53-year-old companion survived the attack and, according to the authorities, has since returned to Cologne.
As the investigators announced at the press conference, the suspect was also observed on the day of the crime.
However, those responsible did not provide any information about the exact periods of monitoring.
It was "very, very bitter" when one had to find out today that despite these measures the terrible act could not be prevented, said the head of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Dirk-Martin Christian.
Round-the-clock surveillance was legally possible, but not provided.
Federal Attorney General determined
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.
20-year-old Syrian Abdullah Al HH was arrested on Tuesday evening.
An arrest warrant for murder, attempted murder and dangerous assault was issued on Wednesday.
In the meantime, the Attorney General is investigating him.
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.
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