Moment of shock in prison: Halle attackers can escape briefly - "This must have consequences"

After the attack in Halle by Stephan B., he made a confession. The assassin is in custody - but now there was a tricky moment in prison.

• A shootout occurred in front of a synagogue in Halle on Wednesday, October 9, 2019.
• Stephan B., a 27-year-old German, confessed to the act in which two people died.
• There was a moment of shock in the prison, which is said to have consequences.

Update of June 3, 5.40 p.m .: Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of Justice Anne-Marie Keding announces consequences after the brief escape from the assassin Stephan B. The prison staff had obviously violated regulations, said the CDU politician of the German press agency : "This must have consequences". The minister described the incident as "terrible".

Keding ordered the prison management to the Ministry in Magdeburg on Thursday . She also wanted to know from those responsible why she only found out about the incident on Saturday on Tuesday . According to a spokesman for the ministry, B. will be taken to prison near Magdeburg on Wednesday . It is the most modern and largest prison in the country.

Hall: assassin climbs over fence and is left unattended for five minutes

First report from June 3:

Halle - shock moment in prison : the assassin of the attempted attack on a synagogue in Halle  Stephan B. escaped his guards for several minutes during his pre-trial detention. 

As has now become known, on Saturday afternoon (May 30th) Stephan B. climbed over a fence of a courtyard in the Roter Ochse prison in Halle and walked around unattended for about five minutes. The Ministry of Justice announced this now. Then the guards detained him again. B. is said to have offered no resistance.

Halle: shock moment in prison: assassin escapes overseers

According to the Ministry of Justice , the assassin is not supposed to leave his camera-monitored cell without supervision. The ministry was reportedly informed of the incident on Tuesday (June 2) and is still working on it. As a first consequence, the supervisory staff were moved to other areas.

Stephan B. had tried heavily armed on October 9, 2019 - on Yom Kippur's highest Jewish holiday - to enter the synagogue in Halle . He shot a wooden door and threw explosives. When he failed to get to the synagogue, he shot a 40-year-old woman on the street and then a 20-year-old man in a nearby kebab snack bar.

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After the attack on the synagogue in Halle, allegations were made against the police. Could Stephan B. have been caught earlier? A video also revealed frightening details - afterwards allegations were made against passers-by.

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