The site around the nursing home in Reutlingen is cordoned off. © Marijan Murat/dpa/Archivbild
After the fire in a social psychiatric nursing home in Reutlingen, in which three people were killed, the investigations against a resident have been completed. The public prosecutor's office filed an application with the Tübingen Regional Court for preventive detention in a psychiatric hospital, it announced on Wednesday. The woman is accused of murder, arson and attempted murder.
According to the public prosecutor's office, the 57-year-old is said to have set fire to her bed on the evening of January 17. Accordingly, she is said to have allegedly tried to take her own life with the fire. In the fire in the nursing home, a 53-year-old roommate and two roommates aged 73 and 88 were killed. The suspected arsonist had been seriously injured.
The authority assumes that the mentally ill person has a suspended ability to control at the time of the crime. Thus, she is not culpable and therefore cannot be charged. However, in the case of an application for a precautionary procedure, there is still a procedure. The application takes the place of an indictment. Dpa
