Overview
- Prosecutors submitted an application alleging manslaughter (Totschlag) to the Göttingen regional court to launch a Sicherungsverfahren.
- Authorities chose not to file a standard indictment after experts diagnosed the 31-year-old Iraqi with schizophrenia and deemed him culpability-free at the time.
- The suspect has been held since late August at the Moringen forensic psychiatric center following his provisional arrest.
- Investigators report the 16-year-old died on August 11, 2025, after being pushed into the path of a passing freight train at Friedland station.
- The case has intensified scrutiny of asylum return procedures because the man was under an obligation to leave Germany and was slated for transfer to Lithuania under EU rules.