Ibrahim A. (33) wants to testify about the knife attack in the regional train

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About two months after a knife attack on a train in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, the suspect wants to break his previous silence with the investigating authorities, his lawyer said. As the Spiegel reported on Friday, Ibrahim A.* (33) will not deny the crime, according to his lawyer. His client will also “make a statement about the circumstances,” the defense attorney told the magazine.

A., who had just been released for about a year, stabbed other passengers with a knife on a moving regional train near Brokstedt on January 25. Two youths, aged 17 and 19, were killed and five other people were injured, some of them critically. A. was overpowered and has since been detained on suspicion of murder and attempted manslaughter.

cocaine and morphine in the blood

According to the authorities, the suspect had no permanent address and has been prosecuted several times in the past. He is from Palestine and has been living in Germany since 2014. The case sparked a debate about deporting foreign offenders.

According to “Spiegel”, the health of the 33-year-old is currently being examined by an expert. According to his lawyer, there are doubts about his criminal responsibility. As the magazine reported, citing investigators, A. actually had cocaine, morphine and methadone in his blood. He would have acted “suddenly and without a word” during the act and, according to a witness, made a rather confused impression. (AFP)

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Source: Blick