Nocturnal attack with a killing plan ?: Men in court

Suddenly, shots are fired in Braunschweig.

A ricochet hits a moving tram and injures the driver.

But it quickly becomes clear that he is a chance victim - the process that is now beginning should clarify the exact background.

Braunschweig - Handcuffs are only removed shortly before the start of the trial, countless officials secure the hall and the building: Under tightened security precautions, a criminal case against five men began on Thursday in Braunschweig after shooting at a hostile family. The defendants aged between 20 and 32 are said to have tried to kill at least one person in Braunschweig in April (2 KLs 859 Js 20171/21 (19/21)).

The public prosecutor's office accuses the three Turks, a German and a German-Tunisian, among other things, with attempted manslaughter. As a year-long conflict escalated into a warring family, they are said to have come up with a killing plan together. According to the indictment, the group armed itself with a sharp gun, clubs and machetes on a Saturday evening. In the west of Braunschweig they are said to have ambushed their opponents in two cars.

According to the prosecution, three shots were fired at a small car with three occupants.

Three other people who fled a van were then shot five times.

Apparently nobody was hit by the attacked.

A ricochet flew into the windshield of a moving tram, the driver of which was injured in the neck and upper body by broken glass.

A projectile is said to have damaged a bumper, two bullets hit the facade of a house and another hit a trash can.

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The accused, who are in custody in various prisons, declared at the start of the trial in the Braunschweig regional court that they did not want to comment on the allegations.

The exact background to the crime and a possible conflict therefore remained unclear even after the proceedings had begun.

A police officer was the first to report previous clashes between two warring families.

The triggers for this also remained open.

Shortly after the fact, the investigators at least checked whether the shooting could have been an act of revenge or a retaliation. There was a connection to an incident in the room in which, shortly before the gunshots, the driver of an e-scooter was first followed and then beaten up in a supermarket. Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) sharply condemned the escalating violence at the time.

For the complex process, 20 days of negotiations are planned until the beginning of February 2022.

According to a court spokesman, 66 witnesses have been summoned.

Because of the alleged involvement of a 20-year-old defendant, the trial takes place in a juvenile criminal chamber.

On the first day of the hearing, the judge advised that, from the point of view of the criminal chamber, attempted murder could also be considered for this trial.

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