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Ansbach School Attacker Caught in Colombia and Returned to German Psychiatric Clinic

Officials ordered his return to a secure ward pending a new risk review that could end therapeutic leave.

Mann aus Psychiatrie verschwunden - ist es der Amokläufer von Ansbach?
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Rund zwei Wochen nach seiner Flucht aus einer Psychatrie ist ein verurteilter Straftäter aus Bayern in Südamerika gefasst und nach Deutschland zurückgebracht worden. Er sei in Kolumbien aufgespürt worden, teilte die Landesregierung in München mit.

Overview

  • Bavaria’s justice ministry said the 34-year-old was arrested in Colombia and flown back to Germany on Sunday morning.
  • Prosecutors confirmed he was immediately moved to the closed unit of the forensic psychiatry clinic in Erlangen.
  • He had disappeared on 16 August after failing to return from an unaccompanied day release, prompting a Europe-wide search.
  • Authorities plan to revoke previously granted privileges, and the clinic will conduct a fresh danger assessment.
  • As a psychiatric inpatient he is unlikely to face new criminal penalties for absconding, though any helpers could be prosecuted, and his indefinite commitment stems from a 2010 judgment over the 2009 school attack.