Convicted Islamist
Dresden (dpa) – Saxony’s authorities have defended their approach in the case of the fatal knife attack in Dresden. People asked themselves whether there was a bug in the system and whether the act could have been prevented, said LKA boss Petric Kleine, on Thursday at a press conference in Dresden.
The catalog of measures provided for close supervision, but not close surveillance. The act could not be ruled out. From the LKA’s point of view, all possibilities have been exhausted. “There is no such thing as one hundred percent security,” said Saxony’s constitutional protection chief Dirk-Martin Christian.
According to the information, the suspect, a 20-year-old Syrian, was accompanied by a release officer in his first few days after his release from prison. He complied with his reporting obligation on the day of the offense and on the day after.
When the radicalization of the man began is unclear. It continued in Dresden, said Kleine. While in custody, the suspect attacked prison staff twice. Christian called the perpetrator an extremist Islamist. That was confirmed by the actual actions of the accused in detention. He could not say anything about the details and time periods of the observation: “This is not the right place here.” It became clear that the suspect had been observed on the day of the crime.
At the beginning of October, two tourists were victims of a knife attack in Dresden. A 55-year-old from Krefeld died, another man (53) from Cologne survived seriously injured. The investigators suspect a radical Islamist background. A 20-year-old suspect from Syria was arrested on Tuesday.
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