Against the author of the apparently xenophobic auto attacks in the Ruhr area, has adopted a judge’s warrant for multiple murder and attempted murder. The suspect 50-year-old German from Essen, now sits in detention, as the Prosecutor’s office to eat and the police in Recklinghausen, Munster said on Wednesday.
From the xenophobia has to be the man in the new year’s eve night in the Ruhr area with his car and several pedestrians. As a result, the 50-Year-old injured, according to investigators information a total of eight people. A woman sustained serious injuries. The man had the “clear intention to kill foreigners”, such as the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of the interior, Herbert Reul (CDU) announced on Tuesday in Bottrop. The case had to be taken “very seriously”, it will be determined with high pressure.
In the first opinion had declared the Essen office of the public Prosecutor and the police authorities in Recklinghausen and Münster, it is assumed that a “targeted attack, which may be due to the xenophobic attitude of the driver”. A German was aware of the dangers in several groups of people, the biggest would be partly composed of foreigners, said Reul. It was through the interrogations is clear. According to previous findings, he was not kicked by the police so far.
there is No reference to contacts with the right-wing scene
The investigators have according to Reul in addition, to date no evidence of contacts of the suspected German extreme right-wing scene. So far, the police have found “no indications that this man has any Connections, or that he moved himself in some kind of radical right-wing circles,” said Reul on Wednesday in the radio station WDR 5.
It seemed rather to be, that the 50-year-old Essenes “from a personal concern and displeasure has developed hatred for Strangers,” added Reul. However, further investigation results should be awaited. With a view to a possible mental illness of the suspect Reul said, there is, as yet, only the knowledge that the man had been in earlier times, “in treatment”.
this same intention in Essen
According to the Prosecutor’s office and the police had captured the man in Bottrop with his car, a 46-year-old woman from Syria living in dangerous was injured. There are currently no life exists after a successful emergency surgery but will be out of danger, informed the investigators on Wednesday.
The 48-year-old husband of the woman and the two 16-and 27-year-old daughters were injured in the attack. Furthermore, a four-year-old Boy and his 29-year-old mother from Afghanistan, as well as a ten-year-old girl from Syria had to be treated medically.
According to the auto attack of Bottrop, the suspect tried according to investigators, to drive in to eat in a group of waiting pedestrians. The Affected but were able to Dodge in time. Before police officers took the suspected perpetrators in the food, covered it with his car, a 34-year-old Essen with Turkish roots, and wounded him on the foot.
It is “very concerned that something like this has happened,” said interior Minister Reul. Therefore, had to be cleared up completely. Reul highlighted, in North Rhine-Westphalia there is “zero tolerance” for perpetrators of violence, “no matter from which corner they will come”. Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU), said that this new year’s day, the intent for the 2019 clearer than ever applicable: “We stand together against right-wing violence. The fight against the hatred of other people, we will continue with all means of the rule of law is involved”.
interior Ministry announces tougher laws
The Federal government condemned after the attack and the attacks on passers-by in Amberg “any kind of violence”. Both of these acts had been taken “with dismay”, said the Deputy government spokeswoman Martina Fietz on Wednesday in Berlin. In Germany there is no place for extremism and intolerance is coming, “no matter from which side he is”. The Federal government is doing everything we can to fight this “compromise”.
On Saturday night, were attacked in Amberg in the upper Palatinate of twelve people and injured a 17-Year-old was admitted because of a head injury in and out of hospital. Against four Accused at the age of 17 to the age of 19, a warrant was issued; they come from Afghanistan, Syria and Iran.
A spokesman for the Federal interior Ministry, Sören Schmidt, spoke of “despicable actions”, which could not be tolerated. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) have already explained, that both events “with the utmost determination” its security would have to be. To tightening the Seehofer announced law, in asylum law, Schmidt said this was currently in the political vote, and I’ll go “within the next few weeks” in the departmental vote.
There will be a “series of concrete proposals,” added the Ministry spokesman. It is a total package, with the aim that “lawfully terminated stays” this actually would be implemented. Seehofer had told the “Bild”newspaper: “When asylum seekers commit violence, they must leave our country. If the existing laws are not sufficient, they need to be changed.” (mch/fal/afp/sda)
Created: 02.01.2019, 09:51 PM
