Halle assassin in prison transferred to Bavaria
Created: 12/20/2022 10:02 am
The Halle attacker was sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention in December 2020.
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Last week, the Halle assassin took two people hostage in a prison.
Because of this, he is transferred to another prison.
It is unclear how long he will stay in the Augsburg-Gablingen prison.
Magdeburg/Augsburg - A good week after the hostage-taking in the prison in Burg near Magdeburg, the Halle assassin was transferred to Bavaria.
In the early morning, the 30-year-old was flown to Augsburg by helicopter, according to the Ministry of Justice in Magdeburg.
The transfer was carried out by an armed special unit from the Saxony-Anhalt correctional system and accompanied by special forces from the police of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and the Free State of Bavaria.
It is unclear how long the Halle assassin will remain in the Augsburg-Gablingen prison.
On Monday evening of last week, the prisoner had seized power over two employees in the Burg correctional facility and wanted to force his way to freedom.
He was overpowered in less than an hour.
The public prosecutor's office in Naumburg is investigating the taking of hostages.
The assassin was sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention in December 2020.
On October 9, 2019, Yom Kippur, the highest Jewish holiday, he tried to storm the synagogue in Halle and cause a massacre.
When he failed, he murdered two people near the synagogue.
dpa
