Hundreds of people mourn the victims of the knife attack near Brokstedt NDR.de – News

In addition to family members and friends of the victims and rescue workers, Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Daniel Günther (CDU), Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) and numerous other state politicians also attended the church. In Neumünster, those killed in the knife attack on January 25, a 17-year-old and a 19-year-old man, attended vocational school.

“We will never accept that something like this happens in our country,” Scholz said before the service said during his visit to the SPD state party conference in Husum. According to the Chancellor, two young people were innocent victims of a completely insane act.

Archbishop Hesse: Sympathy is overwhelming and gives courage

The Catholic and the Evangelical Church had jointly invited to the public service in Neumünster. “What happened at Brokstedt overwhelms and exceeds our imagination,” Archbishop Stefan Hess said, according to the previously published text of the speech. “A service like this doesn’t undo anything. The souls of many people will be sore for a long time. But praying together and remembering things together carries us.” The great sympathy is overwhelming and encouraging. Society must remain in dialogue, the archbishop continued. “That’s why we prayed today especially for cohesion in the towns and villages.”

The alleged perpetrator is in custody

The alleged perpetrator, a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian, is in custody on two counts of murder and four counts of attempted manslaughter. Five other people were injured in the knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg on January 25, three of them critically.

Responsibility between Hamburg and Kiel still unclear

The states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg have been at odds for days about responsibility and the failure to pass on information: The alleged knife attacker Ibrahim A. was previously in custody for another crime in Hamburg. Recently there had been allegations from Kiel that important information about the man’s detention in Hamburg had not been transmitted. If the immigration authorities in Kiel had known about the alleged perpetrator’s detention, a decision on his residence status could have been made before he was released. The Hamburg Senate rejects these allegations.

Further information

CDU and Greens are calling for more staff for the judiciary, more protection for victims and prevention of violence. The opposition criticized the paper. more

The immigration office in Kiel says that information from Hamburg has not arrived. The BAMF does not want to have received any information about the criminal proceedings from Hamburg either. more

The Kiel authorities were informed in good time from Hamburg about Ibrahim A.’s detention, says the Senate in the Judiciary Committee. more

The Kiel immigration authorities have received too little information about criminal proceedings, detention and the conviction of the alleged perpetrator. more

The interior minister also proposes setting up a silent alarm on trains and allowing police officers to travel by train free of charge. more

Questions and answers on the fatal knife attack on passengers on a regional train between Kiel and Hamburg. more