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A man killed five people in a riot in a sports car in the historic center of the German city of Trier, including a nine-and-a-half-week-old girl and her father. Immediately after the crime, the police arrested a 51-year-old German who, according to the prosecutor, could be mentally ill.
7:19 am, December 2, 2020
The one with the Crazy walk through the city center of Trier The 45-year-old man killed was the father of the nine-and-a-half-week-old girl who died on the spot. In addition to the boy’s wife and mother, a one-and-a-half-year-old son of the family was also injured and taken to hospital, Trier police said Wednesday night.
Five people dead, 14 injured, some seriously
Earlier, he had incorrectly stated that the younger brother’s age was nine months. “All the murdered victims were people from Trier walking through the pedestrian area of Trier, which was decorated for Christmas,” the police report said. A total of five people died and 14 were injured, several of them seriously.
Unclear reason
The act of a 51-year-old German from the Trier-Saarburg district is classified by the Trier prosecutor’s office as multiple homicide, attempted murder and dangerous bodily injury. Based on the current status of the investigation, there is no indication of political or religious motives for the man who was born in Trier. There is also no more crime scene or evidence of accomplices or accomplices of the detained person. Investigations at the crime scene concluded for the time being, the pedestrian zone was said to have been cleared and released again.
In total, more than 750 police, emergency and rescue services from the region were on duty. According to the Police, the behavior of many passers-by who had already treated the injured and provided first aid when the rescue services arrived was exemplary.
Evidence of mental illness
“We have a clear picture of the suspect,” said Lewentz, who spoke of a terrible day. Ankner added that the man had spent the last few days in a car. According to Senior Prosecutor Peter Fritzen, there are signs of mental illness. A doctor had examined the man and a psychiatric report would probably be commissioned. The man was found to have 1.4 per thousand alcohol on his breath.
He is being investigated for murder and dangerous bodily injury. “We assume that he acted insidiously in the attack in the city center, used the vehicle as a weapon and therefore acted with means dangerous to the public,” Fritzen said.
Prime Minister Malu Dreyer (SPD) spoke that night of a “bad and terrible day”. Mayor Wolfram Leibe (SPD) spoke in an interview with the SWR of a “gunman in the city center.” Eyewitnesses reported that people were thrown into the air at the scene of the incident near Porta Nigra, a historic city gate since Roman times.
“The news from Trier saddens me very much,” the government spokesman said in a statement from the chancellor. Steffen seibert posted Tuesday via Twitter. “My condolences to the families of the people who were so suddenly and violently torn from their lives. But I also think of those who have suffered serious injuries and I wish them great strength ”.
Shock after the act of violence
After the uproar, more than 100 people prayed in the cathedral for the victims and their families. “A terrible day for Trier is coming to an end,” said the Bishop of Trier, Stephan Ackermann. “We are in amazement and sadness gathered tonight here in the cathedral and in other churches in our city.” It’s not just Trier that is “shocked by the brutal act of violence.”
Lights were placed on the steps in front of the altar. They also prayed silently. First, think of the dead who “were victims of an act of blind anger.” “And we think of their families,” the bishop said. Prayers were also made for the injured, rescuers and those traumatized by the crime.
In February, a 29-year-old German had deliberately driven his car into the crowd in Volkmarsen, north Hesse. Dozens of people were injured. In 2019, a 50-year-old man had beaten people on New Year’s Eve in Bottrop. He was admitted to closed psychiatry. In 2018, a man ran into a group with his caravan in Münster, five people died. Perpetrator shot himself, investigators assume mental illness.
