Reul: Perpetrator ran in 2017 as a test case Islamism
Created: 05/13/2022, 15:05
NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) speaks at a press conference.
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The 31-year-old, who stabbed travelers with a knife in a regional express near Herzogenrath, was reported to the authorities in 2017 as a so-called Islamism test case.
Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) said on Friday in Düsseldorf.
At the time, the man was living in a refugee home and had changed a lot, including growing a beard.
Herzogenrath/Düsseldorf - The home then informed the authorities.
It is now necessary to determine whether there really was an Islamist motive for the current act.
According to Reul, the man, who lives in North Rhine-Westphalia, was born in Iraq.
The current nationality is not yet known.
dpa
