Scholz is outraged by the presence of the Afghan suspect in the country

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded to shed light on the reasons behind the Afghan suspect in a knife attack that left two people dead and two seriously injured on Wednesday “was still in Germany ». According to authorities, the suspect had been reported for violent acts which resulted in psychiatric treatment. In a message on X, the chancellor denounced “a poorly understood tolerance” towards attackers “who came to us to find protection”. ‘I’m tired of seeing such acts of violence happening here every few weeks’he lamented.

The attack, the motives of which are not known at this stage, occurred in a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, causing the death of a 41-year-old man and a 2-year-old boy, according to police, who apprehended a 28-year-old suspect. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said at a press conference that the suspect had “already been noticed for acts of violence at least three times” et “hospitalized each time for psychiatric treatment”. “At present, the hypotheses are more in the direction of his obvious mental illnesses”a search in the suspect’s room having not “revealed no trace of a radical Islamist”.

Hundreds of drugs

Around a hundred medications intended for his psychiatric treatment were discovered during the searches, added the Bavarian minister, indicating that the suspect had last left the hospital on December 9. Entering Germany at the end of 2022, he requested asylum at the beginning of 2023, the official said. The procedure was still in progress when, on December 4, “the suspect himself announced his voluntary departure” from Germany “and explained that he wanted to take care of the necessary formalities with the Afghan consulate general”. On December 11, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) “indicated the suspension of the asylum application procedure” and has it “asked to leave the country”detailed Joachim Herrmann.

Germany has been rocked by several deadly attacks in recent months. Security issues are very present in the campaign for the legislative elections on February 23. At the end of December, the Christmas market in Magdeburg (center) was the target of a man, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, who drove a powerful car into the crowd, killing six people and injuring some 300.