Justice - Trial against Halle assassin begins on January 25
The trial against the Halle attackers for the hostage-taking in Burg prison will begin on January 25, 2024. The indictment has been admitted and the main proceedings have begun, the Stendal district court announced on Monday. The trial is to take place in a specially secured room at Magdeburg district court.
The assassin, who is serving a life sentence with subsequent preventive detention for his crime on October 9, 2019, is said to have threatened several prison officers in Burg Prison in December 2022. The Naumburg public prosecutor's office accuses him of using a homemade gun to force the officers to open several doors for him to escape from prison.
The accused allegedly managed to get as far as the vehicle lock, where his escape attempt failed due to technical security measures, the district court continued in the statement. The charges are hostage-taking and violation of the Weapons Act. If convicted, the accused would face a prison sentence of between 5 and 15 years.
The assassin was sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention in December 2020. On October 9, 2019, the highest Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, the German had attempted to storm the synagogue in Halle and cause a massacre. When he did not succeed, he murdered two people near the synagogue. He is currently in prison in Lower Saxony.
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- Despite serving a life sentence with subsequent preventive detention in a German prison in Lower Saxony, the Halle attacker is facing additional charges of hostage-taking and violation of the Weapons Act due to an incident in Burg Prison in December 2022.
- The trial for the Halle attacker's latest criminal acts will take place at the Magdeburg Regional Court, with the main proceedings beginning on January 25, 2024.
- The Magdeburg Regional Court, located in Magdeburg, Germany, will conduct the trial in a specially secured room to ensure the safety of all involved parties.
- The indictment was admitted following the incident at Burg Prison, and the accused, who has threatened prison officers with a homemade gun, is potentially facing a prison sentence of between 5 and 15 years if convicted during the main procedure.
- The Halle attacker, who carried out a violent attack on Yom Kippur in 2019, is originally from Saxony-Anhalt and is currently in prison for his attempted massacre at the Halle synagogue, resulting in the death of two people near the synagogue.
- The criminal proceedings against the Halle attacker in Magdeburg Regional Court in 2024 serve as another example of the rigorous justice systems in Germany, which ensure that those responsible for their crimes face the consequences, regardless of the length of their initial sentence.
Source: www.stern.de
