British woman stabbed to death at Rosenheim station, German suspect held in psychiatric unit
A 31-year-old British woman was fatally stabbed at Rosenheim railway station in Bavaria. A 27-year-old German man has been detained in a psychiatric hospital on suspicion of murder.
Suspect committed to psychiatric care after fatal knife attack on British woman in Bavaria
A 27-year-old German man has been detained in a psychiatric hospital following the fatal stabbing of a 31-year-old British woman at Rosenheim railway station in southern Germany, The Independent reports.
The attack took place just before 1am on Sunday in an underpass at the station. The woman sustained what Bavarian Police described as "severe injuries" and died in hospital shortly afterwards.
Federal officers arrested the suspect — a German citizen of no fixed address — at the scene immediately after the attack. He appeared before a judge later on Sunday and, at the request of the Traunstein Public Prosecutor's Office, was remanded to a psychiatric hospital on suspicion of murder.
Police said the circumstances and motive are being examined as part of an ongoing investigation conducted jointly by officers and the public prosecutor's office. The names of both the victim and the suspect have not been released in accordance with German privacy rules.
Authorities are appealing for witnesses who may have observed "an argument or physical altercation" at the station in the early hours of Sunday morning to come forward.
Train operator Deutsche Bahn, which manages the country's railway stations as well as its rail network, issued a statement on Sunday. "Our thoughts today are with the family and friends of the young woman," the company said. Deutsche Bahn added that its security personnel, who were present at the scene alongside federal police, were still in shock and would need time to process the incident, according to the German news agency dpa.
Train services were not significantly disrupted, police said. The forensic examination of the underpass had been completed before the first trains resumed running early on Sunday morning.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said the British government was "supporting the family of a British woman who died in Germany" and was in contact with local authorities.
Source: The Independent