Overview
- A Sicherungsverfahren at the Hamburg Regional Court will decide whether the 73-year-old remains in psychiatric custody permanently.
- Prosecutors accuse the man of particularly serious arson resulting in death and of murder with dangerous means in three cases.
- The June 1 blaze on the Marienkrankenhaus geriatrics ward led to the carbon monoxide deaths of three male patients aged 84, 85 and 87.
- About 34 people were injured, including severe inhalation trauma, one life-threatening case, and heart attacks suffered by a nurse and a security worker.
- The court is considering excluding the public at the next hearing, following the man's provisional placement in a psychiatric clinic the day after the fire.