The man, who is said to have pushed a boy in front of an ICE at Frankfurt Central Station, is said to be permanently housed in a psychiatric hospital. The public prosecutor has applied to the district court for a so-called security procedure, spokeswoman Nadja Niesen said.
The 40-year-old is said to have suffered from schizophrenic psychosis at the time of the crime. "Due to this pathological mental disorder, his ability to control was said to have been canceled and he was incapable of guilt when he committed the crime," said Niesen.
At the end of July, Eritrea Habte A. is said to have pushed an eight-year-old and his mother into front of an ICE. The boy died on the track bed, his mother was able to save himself at the last second. An older woman, who the man allegedly also attacked, was able to get to safety.
The suspect, who had been living in Switzerland since 2006, was first placed in custody and then in psychiatry. A friend of his, told SPIEGEL after the fact, that A. had had delusions for a few months. In Switzerland, the suspect was put on a search notice for imprisoning his wife and three children and attacking a neighbor.
