On June 25, an assassin killed several people in Würzburg.
Now he has been taken to a mental hospital.
At the time of the crime, he is said to have been “possibly incompetent”.
Würzburg - The terrible bloodshed in Würzburg is far from forgotten. Now the alleged assassin, who killed three women and injured numerous other people, has been taken to a psychiatric clinic. An appraisal showed that “the accused may have been incapable of guilt at the time of the offense,” said the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office together. The Würzburg district court had already ordered the man to be placed in the clinic last Thursday at the request of the public prosecutor's office.
The suspect is said to have stabbed a total of ten people with a kitchen knife in a department store in Würzburg on June 25.
Three women were killed, eight other people suffered, according to the new information, some life-threatening injuries.
Previously, there had been talk of seven injured.
According to Tuesday, a man was injured when he fell while trying to stop the perpetrator.
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Shortly after the fact, the investigators had declared an Islamist background to be obvious.
On Tuesday, however, it was said that after evaluating the suspect's two cell phones, the investigation had “so far not revealed any evidence of propaganda material or other extremist content”.
There was also no evidence of “any accomplices or confidants”.
"Slips of paper that were found at the scene of the crime shortly after the crime turned out to be unsuspicious and have no connection with the crime or the suspect." A toxicological report to answer the question of whether the accused was under the influence of drugs during the crime also has Brought "no relevant results".
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However, the investigation is still ongoing;
they would be "continued at full speed," announced the LKA and the Public Prosecutor General.
"The focus is on the question of the motive of the accused."
According to the information, final reports are still expected on the mental health of the man.
"Because of the great importance of the results of the psychiatric examination of the accused for the entire process, two renowned experts were commissioned."
(Han / AFP)