The African Ahmad N. escaped from the forensic psychiatric hospital in Wiesloch and shortly afterwards killed a 30-year-old shop assistant. The murder now draws criticism against Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of Social Affairs, Manfred Lucha (Greens).
On Friday, the 33-year-old man, who had come to Germany as a “refugee”, used the walk to a “work therapy” to escape from the North Baden Psychiatric Centre. He ran from the hospital grounds into the city centre of Wiesloch. His companions lost sight of him. Even the police who were called could not prevent what happened next.
The violent criminal known to the police apparently randomly stabbed the shop assistant Lisa S. at 1 p.m. The woman, aged 30, was working in the discount shop “Tedi”. The shop is located in the shopping centre “Kubus am Adenauer”. The man, who had been declared not guilty by a court for assault, coercion and insult, had apparently stolen the knife from a bakery beforehand.
The town of 26,000 inhabitants, 13 kilometres south of Heidelberg, is in shock. Many residents laid flowers and lit candles at the scene of the crime. The conditions in the prison are considered unacceptable for the staff. The AfD parliamentary group spoke of “scandalous underfunding of the prison”. Manfred Lucha (Greens), the Minister of Social Affairs, had to “explain to the state parliament how such a disastrous incident could have happened”.
There is a “massive lack of staff and space”, said Florian Wahl, a member of parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Baden-Württemberg. In addition, there are structural deficiencies. The politician made serious accusations against Lucha. He had known about the untenable conditions for years and had not changed the situation. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has called for a special session of the Landtag on the issue of the prison for the criminally insane.
The police arrested Ahmad N. shortly after the murder under “threat of the use of firearms”. Once again he was not remanded in custody, but returned to the psychiatric hospital. The district judge justified the decision by saying that he assumed that the man was incapable of crime.
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