District of Heilbronn - Man sent to psychiatric ward after fatal knife attack
The mentally ill man who allegedly killed a 30-year-old woman in Wiesloch in September is to be committed to a psychiatric ward for murder. According to information provided on Thursday, the public prosecutor's office submitted such an application to the Heidelberg Regional Court.
The prosecution assumes that the accused suffers from a severe mental illness and was unable to recognize the injustice of the crime. The jury chamber of the Heidelberg Regional Court must now decide whether and when a trial will begin.
According to the public prosecutor's office, the Somali man allegedly killed the 30-year-old woman in a store with a kitchen knife he had stolen from there. She died in hospital shortly after the attack. Before the crime, the man had fled from the North Baden Psychiatric Center and returned there after his arrest.
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- The knife attack in Wiesloch, which resulted in a woman's murder, occurred in a store, where the suspect allegedly stole a kitchen knife beforehand.
- The suspect, a man from Somalia, was previously under the care of the North Baden Psychiatric Center but had fled before committing the crime in Wiesloch.
- Following the fatal knife attack in Wiesloch, the case was handled by the public prosecutor's office in the District of Heilbronn, which argued for the man's commitment to a psychiatric ward due to severe mental illness.
- The Somali man's case has generated significant attention in Baden-Württemberg, with many questioning the system's perceived failures in handling such individuals prone to criminality.
- If found guilty, the suspect could potentially face charges related to murder and time in a psychiatric facility, given his mental health history, within the justice system of Baden-Württemberg.
Source: www.stern.de
