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“Duisburg attack: evidence of a terrorist attack,” translated by “Duisburger Attacke: Hinweise auf Terroranschlag,” by Frank Christiansen and Volker Danisch, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 25, 2023:
Duisburg (dpa) – After the bloody knife attack in a Duisburg gym, the investigators suspect that it could have been a terrorist attack. There are indications of an Islamist motivation for the arrested Syrian, said spokesman for the Düsseldorf public prosecutor’s office. This was the result of the evaluation of his mobile phone.
The authority therefore took over the investigation from the Duisburg public prosecutor’s office. RTL West had previously reported on the Islamist finds on the mobile phone. On Tuesday a week ago, the security authorities had raised the alarm.
The crime scene was just one street away from Duisburg City Hall. Special forces with submachine guns had cordoned off the gym. The perpetrator was on the run at the time. It was initially unclear whether there were other perpetrators.
After days of searching, the 26-year-old Syrian was arrested by special units in his apartment not far from the scene of the crime on Sunday night. Two of his acquaintances, aged 26 and 33, had previously given the authorities a tip. Two knives were also secured in the apartment, which are now being examined for DNA traces of the victims as possible murder weapons. According to prosecutors, one of the knives has a 20 centimeter blade.
A victim is still in mortal danger
Four people aged 21 to 32 were seriously injured in the attack a week ago. According to the police, the 21-year-old is still in mortal danger.
The Duisburg public prosecutor initially announced that none of the victims interviewed knew the alleged perpetrator. This had shaken the investigators’ previous hypothesis, according to which the crime was aimed at one of the victims. Because apparently all four of the injured were accidental victims, they thought an amok attack was conceivable. The finds on the cell phone then quickly required a further re-evaluation of the case.
Arrest warrant for murder
The suspected 26-year-old has so far remained silent on the allegations. A judge had issued an arrest warrant for him for attempted murder. He is now in custody and is now to be examined psychiatrically.
A murder commission called “Schwan” had searched for the alleged perpetrator with photos from surveillance cameras. The crime scene is on Schwanenstrasse. His acquaintances said they “100 percent recognized” the 26-year-old, his clothes and his backpack in the pictures.
The images released by the police were from a restaurant, a clothing store and a tram stop near the scene of the crime. According to the authorities, the Syrian applied for asylum in Germany in April 2016. In 2018 he is said to have been noticed in two cases of minor property crimes. Both procedures had been discontinued.
gravenimage says
Germany: Muslim migrant with ‘Islamist motivation’ stabs four people in gym
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More Jihad terror–yet I doubt that suicidal German policy of importing more Muslims is apt to change any time soon.
Greg says
Who.would have thought 20 years ago that Germany would become an Islamic hell in such a short period of time. And they will do nothing about it