Overview
- Judges opened the evidentiary hearings with officers from the state criminal police and Munich police to reconstruct the car attack at the Verdi demonstration.
- The accused has refused to testify and raised his right index finger in court, a Tauhid gesture that is also used as a symbol by some Islamists.
- The indictment enumerates victims and injuries across 13 pages, and counsel for co-plaintiffs describes lasting physical and psychological harm.
- Federal victims’ commissioner Roland Weber attended the proceedings and cautioned against collectively blaming Afghans.
- The court plans to sit on the February 13 anniversary without victim testimony that day, with hearings scheduled into summer and a possible verdict on June 25.