Overview

• The 39-year-old suspect admitted to the May 23 attack at Hamburg’s main train station and is held in a psychiatric hospital under a detention order for attempted homicide and aggravated bodily harm.
• Prosecutors have expanded their probe to include her January assault on her father in Schleswig-Holstein and two violent episodes at the Hamburg airport and a playground earlier this year.
• State health authorities are reassessing psychiatric discharge criteria after she was freed from a Cuxhaven clinic one day before the stabbing despite ongoing concerns over her mental stability.
• All 19 victims, who suffered injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening, have now been discharged from hospital care.
• German railway police have intensified platform checks and boosted visible patrols at Hamburg’s main station to enhance passenger safety.