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.
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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