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Trier (dpa / lrs) - About a month after the rampage in Trier with five dead and many injured, the imprisoned perpetrator has not yet given any information about the motive.

There have been no comments so far, said police spokesman Karl-Peter Jochem at the request of the German Press Agency in Trier.

The 50-person special commission (Soko) "pedestrian zone" is currently in the process of reconstructing the crime based on witness statements, traces and videos.

On December 1, a 51-year-old raced through the Trier pedestrian zone in his sports vehicle and targeted people.

Around 430 witnesses reported to the police, said the spokesman.

"We process over 500 reports in total."

In addition, investigations into the person of the accused were in progress - with the aim of getting background information on the motive for the crime.

It is expected that Soko will spend around two months processing it.

The staff of the special commission will be gradually reduced again.

In the act, 24 people were injured.

Two of them are still being treated in clinics for life-threatening injuries, Jochem said.

There are also numerous people who experienced the event and were traumatized by it.

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"This rampage has shaken the whole city deeply," said Trier Mayor Wolfram Leibe (SPD).

"Many mourn because they know those affected and because they have realized that it could have happened to anyone who was just out and about in the city center."

The terrible event will "definitely" leave its mark on the city.

The mood is still "subdued".

It will take a “very long time” to “return to everyday life”.

The question of "why" still arises.

"As long as there is no answer to this question, this act will keep a lot of people busy."

The memorial sites in the city should initially continue to exist.

The willingness to donate for victims and their relatives is great: more than 940,000 euros from almost 10,000 donors have been received, said city spokesman Ernst Mettlach.

A disbursement foundation should be set up to benefit the physically and mentally injured as well as the relatives of those killed.

"We are assuming that we will be able to set up the foundation at the beginning of the year," said Leibe.