More than five years after the acid attack on manager Bernhard Günther in Haan near Düsseldorf, a man who had long been the focus of investigators was arrested again. An arrest warrant had been executed against the 36-year-old on suspicion of serious bodily harm, the police and public prosecutor’s office in Wuppertal announced on Wednesday. The man was arrested the night before without resistance in Dortmund.
The manager Bernhard Günther was attacked by two men on March 4, 2018 near his house in Haan after jogging on a footpath, he was showered with highly concentrated sulfuric acid and severely burned. Günther had to be operated on several times. Eyelids and parts of his facial skin were transplanted. Last year, an accused man was sentenced to twelve years in prison for intentionally causing serious bodily harm. The 36-year-old suspect had already been arrested in Cologne in 2019. However, according to the authorities, the urgent suspicion could not be substantiated at the time. Extensive investigations following the trial against the convicted perpetrator had led to an urgent suspicion. The evaluation of seized evidence is still ongoing.