Overview
- Prosecutors charge the 23-year-old, identified as Ismail A., with three counts of sexual harassment and one count of threatening a person.
- The alleged incidents occurred on March 5–6, 2025, involving a 22-year-old near the Frauenkirche, a 17-year-old in Blasewitz, and a 10-year-old girl whose thigh was touched during an attempted backpack theft.
- He was arrested the same day and, in police custody, allegedly issued violent, sexually explicit threats to a court interpreter.
- Authorities confirm he is registered as an asylum seeker in Sweden and had previously been returned there under Dublin procedures before reappearing in Germany.
- The hearing is closed to the public as the court considers whether to find him not criminally responsible and, if so, to order placement in a closed psychiatric facility in Saxony.