Man convicted over German practice knife assault that wounded fourYesterday

A German courtroom convicted a person of tried homicide and bodily hurt and sentenced him to 14 years in jail on Friday over a knife assault on a practice final 12 months that left 4 folks wounded. Judges discovered that he had an Islamic extremist motive.

The 28-year-old Palestinian man who grew up in Syria, recognized solely as Abdalrahman A. in keeping with German privateness guidelines, was convicted on the Munich state courtroom.

German information company dpa reported that prosecutors, who argued that there was an Islamic extremist motive, had referred to as for a life sentence whereas defence attorneys argued that their consumer was a paranoid schizophrenic who couldn’t be held criminally liable and referred to as for his acquittal.

Judges concluded that the defendant had a “jihadist-Islamist motive” and had tried to kill non-Muslims, a courtroom assertion stated. They weren’t satisfied that he had psychological well being points on the time that may have influenced his legal legal responsibility and stated the person’s claims about such well being issues had been contradictory, variable and never credible. Three consultants additionally discovered no proof of a “related” psychological sickness.

The assault came about on an ICE high-speed practice travelling from Passau, on the Austrian border, to Hamburg on Nov. 6, 2021. Authorities initially stated that the person attacked his victims apparently at random and confirmed indicators of psychological sickness, however that there was no quick indication of a terror motive.

Prosecutors later stated that Islamic State group propaganda movies had been discovered on the suspect and that materials on his Fb account additionally pointed in that course.

Police have stated that the suspect got here to Germany in 2014 and was granted asylum in 2016. He had been dwelling in Passau.

The practice stopped at Seubersdorf, between the Bavarian cities of Regensburg and Nuremberg, after the assault and investigators stated the suspect was arrested rapidly and with out resistance.