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Police Hunt 26-Year-Old Who Escaped Emmendingen Psychiatric Clinic

Police turned to a public appeal after other search steps failed.

Overview

  • Police in Baden-Württemberg are searching for a 26-year-old who escaped from the Emmendingen psychiatric hospital on Friday, May 1.
  • Officers labeled him potentially dangerous, released photos, and urged people to call 110 and not approach him.
  • Police said there is no indication he had a weapon when he fled.
  • A Freiburg court convicted him in July 2025 of attempted murder for a November 2024 stabbing in a refugee shelter, and a police officer was injured before his arrest.
  • In a separate April 23 incident at the same clinic, a different patient on unaccompanied leave attacked a girl and was later arrested, drawing attention to the clinic’s leave rules.