Overview
- The suspect, identified by police as Mohamed A., was provisionally arrested in Halle on Thursday on a 2020 French warrant over an alleged assault causing injury.
- A judge issued a detention order under international legal assistance before his court presentation on Friday.
- At about 13:45 on Friday, he escaped police supervision outside the Halle district court and was last seen near the Edeka center on Merseburger Straße heading toward Turmstraße.
- Police published his description as early 20s, slim, about 1.75 meters tall, with black curly hair and a beard, last wearing a black North Face down jacket, a white hooded sweater, black tight cargo pants with turned-out back pockets, and white shoes.
- Authorities ask anyone with information to call 0345/2241291 as they clarify how the escape occurred, and local reporting says he ran toward a tram stop and evaded officers in a crowd.