Overview

• The regional court imposed the measure under a Sicherungsverfahren, placing him in forensic psychiatric care without a time limit.
• The chamber followed the prosecutor’s request after charges of manslaughter, attempted murder, dangerous bodily injury and attacks on officers.
• Investigators say he fatally stabbed his 58-year-old mother on February 17 in Hoheluft-West, then seriously wounded his 51-year-old stepmother in Marienthal the next morning, injuring a tenant who intervened.
• After his arrest and transfer to a hospital for a hand injury, he attempted to flee and injured two police officers who were guarding him.
• Proceedings were largely closed to protect family privacy, and the judgment has not yet become final.