Mannheim police murderer transferred to prison
After the severe knife attack in Mannheim, the perpetrator goes to a hospital and is not responsive for weeks. Approximately four weeks after the crime, the police transfer him to a correctional facility.
Around a month after the fatal knife attack on the Mannheimer Marktplatz, the suspect was transferred to a justice detention center. Prior to this, he had been treated at the Mannheimer Theresian Hospital and was considered unresponsive. A spokesperson for the General Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe confirmed the transfer of the man to prison.
On May 31st, the 25-year-old Afghan had injured five men with a knife on the Mannheimer Marktplatz and killed a 29-year-old policeman named Rouven Laur. Another officer shot the attacker.
The 25-year-old is charged with murder, attempted murder, and grievous bodily harm. It was unclear whether the suspect, who had previously been unresponsive, was now responsive. A spokesperson for the Karlsruhe authorities declined to comment. Some of the officers present at the scene of the crime at the Mannheimer Marktplatz have not yet returned to duty. The presidium also made no further statements on the condition of the affected policemen.
The crime triggered an intense debate on stricter deportations of foreign criminals
A few days after the attack, the Federal Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation. The highest German prosecution authority assumes a religiously motivated crime. The suspect had resorted to violent means, presumably to suppress criticism of Islam, said General Prosecutor Jens Rommel in Karlsruhe. This is an "individual case," which differs from other Islamist-motivated cases.
Until recently, the man had lived with his German wife and two small children in Heppenheim, Hesse, about 35 kilometers from Mannheim. The man had come to Germany as a teenager in 2013 and had filed an asylum application, which was rejected in 2014. However, an deportation ban was imposed, presumably due to his young age.
The crime triggered an intense debate on stricter deportations of foreign criminal offenders. As a result of the fatal knife attack, Chancellor Olaf Scholz intends to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again.
The debate on stricter deportations of foreign criminal offenders was fueled by the Islamist-motivated knife attack in Mannheim. Despite being a resident in Germany since his teenage years, the perpetrator, despite being charged with murder and other crimes, had previously been subject to a deportation ban. The fatal attack on the Mannheimer Marktplatz led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to consider lifting the ban on deporting serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria.
