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Minister of Justice Buschmann: "It can't be"
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Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) sees the case of the knife attacker from Brokstedt as proof that the flow of information between prosecutors and immigration authorities needs to be improved.
A procedure had been initiated before the crime to expel Ibrahim A. from the country, Buschmann told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
However, the legally required hearing of the man had apparently failed because the responsible authorities had not reached him – even when he was already in custody on another charge and was therefore under the control of the law enforcement authorities.
"That is absurd"
"That can't be," criticized Buschmann.
“Pre-trial detention shouldn't be an advantage, especially for someone who boasts about how dangerous he is.
That's absurd." His ministry made a proposal to the justice departments of the federal states as to how law enforcement and immigration authorities could work more closely together, also to prevent similar cases.
In the future, immigration authorities should not only be informed about the issuance and cancellation of an arrest warrant, but also about the actual detention or release of the person concerned.
"In particular, the address of the detention center and the address of release should also be given," explained Buschmann.
»Hearings and any subsequent deportations must not fail because the immigration authorities are not informed about these circumstances.«
On January 25, Ibrahim A. stabbed other passengers with a knife on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg.
Two young people died and five others were injured, some seriously.
Almost a week earlier, the 33-year-old had been released from custody in Hamburg.
The authorities in both federal states – Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein – blame each other for dealing with A.
wit/dpa
