Extremism - Trial over shot through apartment door continues
The trial surrounding the potentially fatal shot fired by a neighbor through the front door of a young woman's apartment in Hamburg-Niendorf will continue on Monday (9:15 a.m.) with witness hearings. According to the court, the husband of the 25-year-old Pakistani woman and residents of the house as well as the landlord and previous tenant will be heard.
The public prosecutor's office is accusing the accused, a 49-year-old German, of attempted murder. At the start of the trial, the man confessed to shooting through his neighbor's closed door with a rifle.
According to the indictment, he committed the crime on May 27 of this year "due to his pronounced right-wing extremist and xenophobic views". He did not have a firearms license for the bolt-action rifle.
The projectile had smashed through the door and a chest of drawers and lodged in the wall. No people were hit; the resident, who said she was pregnant, and her mother-in-law were not in the hallway.
The defendant had emphasized in his statement that he had not wanted to hit anyone with the shot. He had only wanted to scare the neighbors, whose alleged loudness had often disturbed him in the past.
Police report from 28.05.23
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Source: www.stern.de
