Overview
- Proceedings began Thursday at the Amtsgericht St. Georg before a panel with lay judges.
- Prosecutors allege the defendant threatened to kill a 33-year-old customer and stabbed him three times in the torso, causing internal bleeding considered potentially life-threatening.
- Beyond the salon incident, prosecutors cite a July 1, 2020 assault at the Billstedt bus station involving two accomplices and a knife, with dpa reporting additional violent allegations against the accused.
- On the opening day, the 30-year-old limited his statement to denying any role in the bus-station attack, claiming he intervened to help the assaulted man.
- The court has summoned numerous witnesses and set three continuation hearings running through October 30.