A man indiscriminately attacks train passengers with a knife.
Terror?
The investigators have no evidence of this.
But there is evidence of mental illness.
Berlin - The knife attack on passengers of an ICE in Bavaria, the investigators do not consider an act of terrorism.
There are "no indications of an Islamist background," said criminal director Sabine Nagel at a press conference in Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate.
In addition, so far no indications have emerged that the 27-year-old suspect had accomplices or confidants.
An expert assumes that the man suffers from "paranoid schizophrenia" and has delusional ideas, said the chief public prosecutor Gerhard Neuhof.
The public prosecutor applied for the alleged perpetrator to be placed in a psychiatric clinic.
Two victims still in the hospital
The man with Syrian citizenship is said to have randomly attacked fellow travelers on Saturday in the ICE Passau-Hamburg.
Four men were injured in the process.
The alleged perpetrator suddenly attacked a 26-year-old man in car 5 shortly after Regensburg and seriously injured the head, said Police Vice President Thomas Schöniger.
After that he had cut the head and torso of a 60-year-old passenger and injuries to another 60-year-old.
Then he stabbed a 39-year-old in the body in car 4.
The two younger victims were still in the hospital on Sunday afternoon, said Schöniger.
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After the train stopped, patrol officers got on the train and directed the alleged suspect to the ground with firearms, said Schöniger.
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Lost job the day before the crime
Police President Norbert Zink thanked travelers “who tried to prevent the suspect from further actions”.
The suspect who came to Germany in 2014 and was born in Syria lost his job the day before the crime, according to the police.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday, emergency calls were received by the police and rescue services.
The ICE had stopped halfway between Regensburg and Nuremberg at the small Seubersdorf train station near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate.
Because the situation was initially completely unclear, the police moved in with a large contingent and evacuated the train.
According to the Red Cross, around 200 passengers were looked after and catered for in an inn until late afternoon.
The ICE route between Regensburg and Nuremberg was only released again in the evening.
dpa