Innogy manager should be disfigured when acid stop

The investigators in the case of acid attack on Bernhard Günther have disclosed further details. The attack should not have had the goal of killing the innogy manager. "The goal of the attack was to disfigure him," said a spokeswoman for the Wuppertal prosecutor. Parts of the face of the CFO had been corroded at the acid stop.

After the incident in March 2018, the authorities had classified the attack as an attempted murder. Meanwhile, they investigate because of serious bodily injury. For it threaten up to ten years imprisonment. Details about why they no longer assume a killing charge, said the prosecutor not with. (Read more about the case here)

Because of the acid attack, a 32-year-old suspect was arrested in Cologne last week. He is in custody. He denies the act, said the Wuppertal authorities spokeswoman. It is also being investigated against other suspects.