Germany: Syrian Islamist on trial in Dresden for homophobic murder
The accused during his transfer to the courtroom at the opening of the trial in Dresden, April 12, 2021. AP - Sebastian Kahnert
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A Syrian refugee has been on trial since Monday in Germany for the murder and attempted murder of two German fifty-year-olds, stabbed in Dresden last fall because of their homosexuality.
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With our correspondent in Berlin,
Pascal Thibaut
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The two men were holding hands and homosexuals are enemies of God that must be fought.
If the accused chose silence during his trial, he had spoken to psychologists upstream about his motives.
On October 4, this 21-year-old Syrian went to downtown Dresden armed with two knives in search of victims.
He attacked the tourist couple from behind, seriously injuring them. One of the men succumbed to his injuries.
The perpetrator told psychologists that he would be prepared to commit such an act again.
Arrived in Germany in 2015, he quickly radicalized and served a prison sentence for seeking to recruit supporters for the Islamic State organization.
According to his statements, he had already thought during his sentence to kill infidels.
After his release from prison, he remained under surveillance but not 24 hours a day. A controversy over the responsibility of the authorities ensued.
The trial of the young Islamist, the first of its kind for homophobia, is to last until the end of May.
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