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13-Year-Old ‘Gefährder’ Moved to Secure Psychiatric Unit After Paderborn Clinic Stabbing

Investigators are probing how she obtained a knife despite police warnings, focusing on possible extremist motives.

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In der „LWL Kinder- und Jugendpsychatrie“ in Paderborn soll eine 13-jährige Patientin eine Betreuerin mit einem spitzen Gegenstand angegriffen haben.
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Overview

  • The 13-year-old allegedly stabbed a 24-year-old caregiver with a kitchen implement during a midday cooking session in a Paderborn youth psychiatric clinic.
  • The victim was critically injured but has since stabilized and is no longer in life-threatening condition, according to police.
  • Authorities had warned the clinic days before about the danger of giving the court-ordered patient access to knives, prompting a review of security procedures.
  • Classified as an Islamist ‘Gefährder,’ the girl was under around-the-clock surveillance after earlier incidents, including a July escape attempt that injured a police officer.
  • Under German law barring pretrial detention for those under 14, she remained in police custody and is now being placed in a closed psychiatric facility while a Bielefeld murder commission investigates.