At the beginning of October, two men were attacked at the Dresden tourist magnet Frauenkirche - one died, the other was seriously injured.
Now the investigators have caught a suspect.
A
fatal
knife attack
occurred
in
Dresden
on October 4th
.
One man
died
and another man was
seriously injured
.
According to a report, it could have been a
terrorist attack
.
Dresden - Two weeks after a
knife attack
on two tourists in Dresden with a
dead
and an injured person, the investigators
caught
a
suspect
.
The
20-year-old
was arrested in Dresden on Tuesday evening, the police and public prosecutor in the Saxon capital announced on Wednesday.
According to information from the
picture
, it is an
IS supporter
.
He had already been convicted after he stood before the court in 2018 for "instructions to commit a serious criminal offense", the newspaper continues.
According to the police, the accused was a
Syrian
;
he was due to be brought before a judge on Wednesday.
According to their own statements, the investigators found out about the man "in the course of evaluating the evidence".
The results justified the suspicion.
Fatal knife attack in Dresden: DNA at the crime scene near the Frauenkirche
According to a report by the
picture
, it is said to be
traces of DNA
.
They were therefore on the
knife
used as a
murder
weapon
, which was found
by the police at the crime scene in the city center near sights such as the Frauenkirche and the Green Vault
after the crime of October
4th
.
The suspect's DNA was already
stored
in the
police databases
.
The authorities initially did not provide any
information on a possible
motive for
the accused.
Based on the results of the investigation, a manhunt was initiated immediately, they said.
The suspect was then discovered on Tuesday evening in the city center not far from the former crime scene and immediately arrested.
Suspect caught after knife attack in Dresden - police with special commission on crime
A 55-year-old was so badly injured in the attack on two tourists that he died in hospital.
A 53-year-old survived with serious injuries.
The two men came from
North Rhine-Westphalia
and visited Dresden together.
They found passers-by and alerted the rescue workers.
The police set up a
special commission
to investigate the crime.
(AFP / frs)
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