It was only a few days in October 2022, but they were enough to terrify the entire region of Bautzen. The Egyptian asylum seeker Ahmed H. (30) attacked two couples with prams in Doberschug-Gaußig on October 14 and 15, tried to stone police officers and threatened passers-by. On Thursday, he stood trial for this at the Bautzen Regional Court.
Bakehouse helper Kerstin L. (39): “I was out for a walk with my husband, he ran after us, kept shouting ‘stupid stupid’, then he clung to the pram, tore at the tarpaulin. He wanted to kidnap my child, said, “You are not the child’s mother.”
The day before, he had threatened a Ukrainian couple holding a pram, snatched the woman’s mobile phone and broke the man’s little finger. Still on October 15, Ahmed H. threatened a man in Demitz-Thumitz, saying, according to the indictment, “You’re dead, wife dead, child dead.”
One day later, he escaped from a police checkpoint and, according to the indictment, threw ten fist-sized stones at the officers. On the same day, he threatens a young couple, this time not having a child, in Radeberg, with a broken bottle, the man kicks him several times in the legs, the Egyptian flees.
A short time later Ahmed H. was arrested by the police. In court he admitted the assaults: “Jesus told me to do it. The children did not belong to the parents. Jesus told me to hold the pram.” (Jesus, the son of Mary, is also known in Islam, but only as a prophet).
The Egyptian has been living in Europe for years and has already been convicted half a dozen times in Germany. Among other things, for dangerous bodily harm and fraud. For example, he attacked a tram inspector and threw stones at employees of the social welfare office several times. Until now, he was considered to be of diminished responsibility due to post-traumatic stress disorder and reduced intelligence. According to his own statement, Jesus appeared to him for the first time in prison.
Since the last attacks, Ahmed H. has been kept in a closed psychiatric ward in Arnsdorf. According to the prosecution, he is not criminally responsible and suffers from hallucinatory schizophrenia.
The trial will be continued.