Homeless person (48) stabs concrete mixer driver in the chest

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“It was a very dangerous act of violence,” the verdict says. At the end of October in Berlin, Wilmersdorf district: A concrete mixer rolled over a cyclist (44). The frightened driver (64) jumps out of the concrete mixer and wants to see what happened. As if out of nowhere, a homeless man (48) rushes towards the driver and stabs him in the chest. A knife attack in broad daylight in the German capital.

The Berlin court has now dealt with this case, the German news agency reports. The verdict: The homeless man, who has been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia for years, has to go to a psychiatric ward. The presiding judge explained the decision that the man acted out of a pathological delusion. A psychiatric report shows that the homeless person still poses a high risk due to his serious illness.

He had “delusionally assumed that the cyclist could be his daughter”. At the beginning of the trial, the mentally ill person explained: “I wanted to stab him, I thought he did it on purpose.” The cyclist who was run over by the concrete mixer later died in hospital.

«Last generation» blocked fire truck

The driver was lucky. He only suffered a stab wound that required stitches. The authorities had investigated in the case of dangerous bodily injury. The verdict is not yet legally binding.

The case had made headlines and discussions because a special fire brigade vehicle, which was supposed to help rescue the trapped woman, got stuck in traffic after an action by climate activists from the “Last Generation” and was therefore on the scene. came from the accident minutes later. Whether the vehicle would have speeded up the rescue of the woman has not been clarified beyond doubt. The public prosecutor in Berlin is investigating two climate stickers, partly because of the lack of aid.

“Anyone who blocks traffic routes risks and hinders internal security action and also consciously accepts that people in need have to wait longer for help from the police and fire brigade,” said Benjamin Jendro, Berlin police spokesman at the time. “Image”. The federal government condemned the protest. (nad)

Source: Blick