After the knife attack in an ICE, the judge ordered the alleged perpetrator to be placed in a psychiatric clinic. An expert examined the 27-year-old and came to the conclusion that he was “currently suffering from paranoid schizophrenia” and delusions and that the “suspect was no longer guilty at the time of the crime,” said the Chief Public Prosecutor Gerhard Neuhof from the Nuremberg Public Prosecutor's Office. Fürth on Sunday. The placement order had been issued as requested by the public prosecutor. The accused will be housed in the Regensburg district hospital.

The 27-year-old told the appraiser that he felt he was being followed by the police: They were sending men to drive him crazy. He felt threatened by a 26-year-old passenger on the train and "said that this man wanted to kill him". He then stabbed his head heavily. According to his own statement, he then committed the other acts “as if in a dream,” said Chief Public Prosecutor Neuhof. "So he has not denied the acts." Will be investigated for murder.

Police Vice President Thomas Schöniger said: “So far there have been indications of a psychological impairment in the suspect. However, this will have to be checked in the course of the further expert proceedings. ”Detective Director Sabine Nagel said that there was no evidence of outpatient or inpatient treatment of the suspect. So far, the investigators assumed that he was a lone perpetrator. There is no evidence of accomplices or accomplices and no evidence of a terrorist background.

As Thomas Schöniger described on Sunday at the police press conference in Neumark, the man suddenly stabbed fellow passengers in car 5 of the ICE 928 from Passau to Hamburg on Saturday morning.

In addition to the 26-year-old, who was seriously injured in the head, two 60-year-olds suffered cuts.

Four men were injured and one woman is in shock, says Zink.

According to the police, two victims are still in the hospital.

The suspect is a 27-year-old who previously lived in Syria, came to Germany in 2014 and is said to have recently lost his job.

The police were able to arrest him without resistance and found a "blood-smeared jackknife" in his pocket. 

During the search of the alleged attacker's home, nothing suspicious was immediately found.

The suspect is said to have given no information about the motive after his arrest.

An evaluation of the data from his cell phone is still pending.

The arrested person who was recognized as a refugee in Germany last lived in Passau.

The police chief of the Upper Palatinate Presidium, Norbert Zink, expressed wishes to the victims recovery, including from physical strain.

“A big thank you goes to the passengers on the train who tried to prevent the suspect from further actions, and to the people who immediately provided first aid.

You have all shown a high level of moral courage, ”said Zink.