Deadly attack on Fritz von Weizsäcker: Injured police officer describes attack

A detective intervened when 57-year-old Gregor S. set off on Fritz von Weizsäcker. By intervening in the deadly attack on the Berlin chief physician and son of the former Federal President, the 33-year-old suffered severe injuries. He was a private guest on a lecture, was attacked by Weizsäcker.

He talked about the attack in the Schlosspark Clinic in Berlin-Charlottenburg with the "Bild" newspaper. He suffered deep cuts on the hands and injuries to the neck and chest. After the lecture of the doctor, he had talked briefly with Weizsäcker, reported the police still lying in the hospital.

"The offender appeared suddenly and attacked the doctor deliberately and with a clear intention to kill," said the official the sheet. "Von Weizsäcker swung past me on the left."

"He had developed so much power"

Fritz von Weizsäcker, son of the former Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker, died of neck injuries. He was 59 years old. The suspect had attacked him according to police, because he had "probably delusional" a "general aversion to the family of the killed" had. He was admitted to a closed psychiatric ward because of an "acute mental illness". The Kriminalpolizei investigates for murder and attempted murder against the man from Rhineland-Palatinate.

The intervening police officer said: He knew he had to act. "I stood in front of the attacker, grabbed him by the arms and reached into the knife blade to prevent him from continuing to puncture the doctor, causing deep cuts."

The attacker had torn himself and hit him with the knife on the neck and chest. "I took my second hand to reach into the knife to tear it out of his hand, and in the scramble we both fell over the chairs of the first row of seats to the floor."

"He had such tremendous power that at first I thought I would not make it," said the policeman, who had to undergo multiple surgery for his injuries. After all, he could have snatched the gun from the gunman. Other visitors to the lecture intervened and overwhelmed the murderer.