Overview

• Investigators say Liana K., 16, was likely pushed at Friedland station by a 31-year-old Iraqi whose asylum claim had been rejected, with his psychiatric condition now under review.
• Lithuania was initially responsible for the man’s asylum case under EU rules, but legal challenges, his use of different names and periods of being untraceable delayed removal to the country.
• A Hanover court declined to order detention pending deportation in July for lack of proven flight risk and the authority did not appeal, and the suspect left a clinic the day before the killing after no acute danger was found, prompting a promised police review of earlier accident messaging.
• Lower Saxony’s Justice Ministry briefed legislators confidentially on the suspect’s prior cases but refused public disclosure citing personality rights, as media reported at least three previous investigations including assault, exhibitionism and stalking.
• The Amadeu Antonio Stiftung urged focusing on psychiatric care in a post on X and later faced criticism from Family Minister Karin Prien and CDU lawmakers; the foundation is financed through the federal ‘Demokratie leben!’ program with several hundred thousand euros this year.