In Ulm on Sunday morning, a 28-year-old man attacked the 39-year-old female priest with a knife during a service in Ulm Cathedral. The police arrested the man a short time later and took him into custody.
The 28-year-old had entered the church shortly after the service began and first damaged some wooden figures on the pews with his knife. Then, according to the police, he approached the priest with the knife and pushed her several times. However, the 39-year-old woman was able to dodge backwards each time and was thus not injured. The pastor called for help over the microphone, which drew the attention of those attending the service to the incident. The 28-year-old then allegedly cut the cable of the loudspeaker.
After being asked to do so several times by those present, he turned away from the priest and left the minster. The police arrested the man a short time later on Münsterplatz. It is not yet known why the man attacked the priest.
At the request of the Ulm public prosecutor’s office, the competent magistrate at the Ulm district court issued a warrant for the arrest of the accused on urgent suspicion of attempted manslaughter. He is now in custody. The public prosecutor’s office will also have the mental condition of the 28-year-old examined in the course of the upcoming investigations.
