In a men’s dormitory in the Sendling district, a 75-year-old is said to have tried to kill a roommate four years his junior on Monday morning. According to police, the crime was preceded by an argument between the two men. According to the police, the suspect served a long prison sentence for a murder he committed in the Nuremberg area in the 1970s and was released a few years ago.
The altercation and subsequent attack in the common room of the dormitory occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on Monday morning. According to the Munich police, a 71-year-old man was stabbed several times in the back with a knife by the 75-year-old.
Emergency services found the victim seriously injured at the scene. He was taken to hospital by emergency services for further inpatient treatment. According to police information on Tuesday afternoon, the victim’s health is now stable. “He is out of danger,” it said.
The 75-year-old was arrested by police as a suspect in his accommodation. Further investigations into this matter were carried out by a murder squad in Commissariat 11. According to information from the police department, the criminal police did not yet have any information on the exact course of the crime, the possible motive or the further background to the crime on Tuesday. The Munich I public prosecutor’s office applied for an arrest warrant against the 75-year-old.