Knife attacks in Freiburg: 30-year-old remanded in custody following death of 74-year-old
A 30-year-old German man has been remanded in custody following two knife attacks in Freiburg. A 74-year-old died and another man was seriously injured.
Remand order following fatal knife attack in Rieselfeld
According to swr.de, a 30-year-old suspect has been remanded in custody since Wednesday afternoon – he is accused of completed and attempted murder. The background involves two separate knife attacks in Freiburg within a few days.
The first attack occurred on Sunday at midday at Schlossbergring near the city centre. A 29-year-old was attacked without warning with a knife and seriously injured. Criminal police believe the attacker in this case is the same person as in the later fatal incident.
On Tuesday evening at approximately 21:20, a witness alerted police outside a church community centre in the Rieselfeld district. When officers arrived, the 74-year-old victim was already dead. According to current findings, the suspect had briefly met the later victim shortly before the attack.
The suspect was arrested that same evening in the area of Berliner Allee. Police dogs and a helicopter were deployed in the search; witness statements had contributed to a description of the man. The alleged murder weapon was secured near the scene of the crime in Rieselfeld.
Criminal police and the prosecutor's office stated that the German national had previously attracted attention on multiple occasions for theft, violent offences and drugs-related crimes. Whether he had any connection to his victims remains unclear. Police explicitly rejected indications of religious motives or of an accomplice, as had been speculated on social media. According to investigators, information about the exact motive for the attack and further background details is not yet available.
Source: Google News DE — Crime (de)