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Senftenberg (dpa / bb) - After the attack on an 83-year-old in Senftenberg (Oberspreewald-Lausitz), a suspect is in custody.

The city's district court had ordered the 20-year-old to be detained for dangerous bodily harm, the police announced on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the investigation into the background of the crime continues.

The pensioner was found seriously injured by a passerby on Tuesday.

He was taken to a hospital in a rescue helicopter.

The police later picked up the 20-year-old near the crime scene.

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