The police in Bavaria are looking for an escaped murderer. The convicted criminal fled from a court window in Regensburg under previously unknown circumstances on Thursday afternoon, the Upper Palatinate police headquarters in Regensburg announced. The 39-year-old is considered violent.
The man was convicted of murder and theft resulting in death, among other things. He has been serving a life sentence since 2011. He was due to be brought before the Regensburg court on Thursday for a criminal offense in a penitentiary. There he fled from a window of the lawyer’s room on the ground floor.
According to the information, the exact circumstances of the escape are still being investigated. The police searched for the man with a large contingent. There was even a helicopter present. The security services asked the population to pass on information about the whereabouts of the fugitive via the police emergency number 110. The man should not be spoken to under any circumstances, he “could react violently”, the police warned.
(AFP)