The investigation opened against a threatening young man who burst into a primary school in Cortaillod (NE) last December shouting “Allah Akbar” has been closed. The public prosecutor concluded that the individual was totally irresponsible.
“The psychosis identified in the defendant and the signs of decompensation observed by both the police and medical personnel make it possible to conclude, with a high probability, of total irresponsibility,” the Public Prosecutor wrote on Tuesday.
The author of an offense is not punishable if, at the time of acting, he did not have the ability to assess the illegal nature of his act or to make a decision based on this assessment.
Furthermore, the referral of the young man – an Algerian of around 25 years old – to a court in application of the procedure for irresponsible persons (with the aim of a possible therapeutic measure) “would hardly make sense” in this case. , given his departure to Germany. It is this country which is now in charge of examining the asylum request.
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