Overview
- Defendant Taleb A. is charged with six counts of murder, 338 counts of attempted murder and 309 counts of dangerous bodily injury, with life imprisonment and possible preventive detention at stake.
- Proceedings are being held in a temporary 4,700‑square‑meter courtroom designed for heightened security, with more than 170 co-plaintiffs, 410 witnesses and five experts, and 47 hearing dates scheduled through mid‑March.
- An expert analysis describes a politically motivated terrorist lone‑actor attack, while the Federal Public Prosecutor declined to assume the case, citing personal frustration rather than an assault on the constitutional order.
- Victims’ groups report renewed trauma as the trial begins, and many plan to participate as co-plaintiffs amid continuing counseling efforts and planned memorial events in the city.
- Reports that the accused contacted five victims by letter from custody have triggered political calls for stronger protections for those affected.