An ICE passed through the Seubersdorf train station. A 27-year-old man was arrested after being attacked by a knife on the train.
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The knife attack at an ICE in Bavaria may have an extremist background. Investigators found a propaganda video of the “Islamic State” in the defendant’s apartment.
DHis knife attack is one ice According to investigating authorities, the incident in Bavaria the previous weekend may have an extremist background. On Tuesday, the Munich Attorney General announced that the content of the defendant’s 27-year-old Syrian’s Facebook account and the propaganda video found by the Islamic State (IS) during a search of his home both showed this. The Islamic motives of this behavior cannot be ruled out.
Therefore, the investigation will be taken over by the Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism (ZET). On November 6, the man attacked passengers on the train from Passau to Hamburg with a knife, injuring 4 people, some of them seriously.
So far, the authorities believe that the man has mental problems. After the incident, he was sent to a mental hospital. At the time of the crime, the experts judged that he was not guilty. However, in order to make a final assessment of this issue, a detailed report must be drafted, the prosecutor has now announced. At the same time, the seized documents will be further evaluated. Other witnesses will also be heard.
