Knife cup of Aschaffenburg: permanent psychiatry under suspicion!

Knife cup of Aschaffenburg: permanent psychiatry under suspicion!

In a tragic turn of events, the public prosecutor has submitted the application for permanent accommodation of the alleged knife stab in Aschaffenburg in a psychiatric facility. The 28-year-old man, who killed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old with a kitchen knife in a park on January 22nd on January 22, is currently temporarily in a psychiatric hospital. This is reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

The application for a security procedure has now been submitted to the Aschaffenburg district court. This could mean that the man is accommodated in a closed psychiatric department. A psychiatric expert has attested that the accused may have been unable to guilt when the crime was committed. Information on mental illness was quickly found; Among other things, drugs were discovered in his living rooms, which indicates a serious mental disorder.

the brutal acts

The attack occurred in a public park when the man who comes from Afghanistan was specifically attacked by a group of children. In addition to the two -year -old young Moroccan origin, a Syrian girl was seriously injured. A 59-year-old teacher who tried to stop the perpetrator suffered injuries, while a 41-year-old German who hurried to the children was fatally injured. Fortunately, a 72-year-old man survived despite several knife stabs. The attacker was arrested some time later, and the investigation into the act, as the frankfurter Rundschau reports.

In addition, there is an earlier incident in which the suspect threatened a roommate with a knife; This incident should also be brought to court. He has been in psychiatric treatment several times and, according to the information from the public prosecutor, there are no signs of radical or extremist backgrounds of the crime. It is all the more important that the man's mental illness is treated permanently to prevent similar incidents in the future.

prevention and early detection

The discussion about mental illnesses is re -lit by this tragic incident, especially with regard to the importance of prevention measures. As in Ärzteblatt emphasized that mental illnesses often reveal be treated inadequately and recognized late. Experience shows that many young people suffer from symptoms for up to five years before they receive the necessary help.

psychiatrists therefore call for stronger social focus on prevention and early intervention measures. It is crucial to recognize and support risk groups at an early stage in order to avoid similar tragedies in the future. The case of the Aschaffenburg knife stabby illustrates this necessity in an urgent way and shows how important it is to further advance the expansion of early detection centers and individual hazard profiles for mental illnesses.