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Hamburg Court Sets Closed Hearing on Prosecutors' Bid for Indefinite Psychiatric Commitment

Prosecutors say the 39-year-old is legally not responsible due to paranoid schizophrenia.

Overview

  • The Hamburg prosecutor has applied for a Sicherungsverfahren seeking permanent placement in a psychiatric hospital.
  • The Regional Court will open the proceedings on Tuesday and has excluded the public from the entire hearing.
  • Prosecutors accuse the suspect of attempted manslaughter in 21 cases tied to the May 23 station attack, with 15 people injured and four previously reported as life-threatening.
  • Forensic experts report an apparent total loss of insight, and the suspect was placed in a psychiatric facility shortly after the attack.
  • The case file includes an alleged January scissors attack on her father and other incidents, and earlier Lübeck courts declined involuntary commitment.