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Keystone
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Horror on the Rose Monday parade in Hessian Volkmarsen (D): German Maurice P. (29) raced into the crowd with his Mercedes.
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Elmar SCHULTEN / AFP
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The local emergency services presented a terrible picture: injured people were lying on the street, children were screaming.
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Elmar SCHULTEN / AFP
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A total of 61 people were injured – 20 of them children.
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AFOP
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On the day of the carnival drama: the police investigate the Tatauto.
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AFP
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Criminal proceedings have been opened against Maurice P. for attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.
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A total of 61 people – including 20 children – were injured in the carnival horror in Hesse (LOOK reported). German Maurice P. * (29) was at the wheel of the Mercedes C230, which raced unchecked into the crowd. Three days have passed since the drama on the Monday of the Monday procession in Volkmarsen (D). And now more and more details are becoming known about the amok driver who lived in the small town in Hesse.
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Neighbors describe Maurice P. as a nerd with a penchant for drugs and alcohol, as reported in “Bild”. The married couple Ehrengard (84) and Josef Berens (96) have been living opposite the half-timbered house in which the amok driver lived for over ten years. «He was always a loner, never had a girlfriend. We never even saw friends here. »
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Maurice P. (29) was “often alone in the car for a long time”
According to the elderly couple, Maurice P. canceled several apprenticeships, then worked as an auxiliary worker, but continued to lose his job. The pensioners are certain: “Drugs and alcohol played a role here.”
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Around a year and a half ago, the Volkmarsen amok driver also lost his driver’s license. However, according to the neighbors, he did not deregister his silver Mercedes. The car was probably his everything.
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«He often sat alone in the car for a long time. Sometimes he opened the hood. He started the engine several times and drove back and forth like crazy. Once he ran the engine at night. So we called the police, ”the senior woman recalls.
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Neighbors had noticed strange behavior for a long time
Maurice P. must have planned the amok ride in the small town in Hesse for a long time, because several weeks ago he is said to have made a strange remark to his neighbors. “He said I’ll be surprised. He would be in the newspaper soon. »
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When Ehrengard Berens looked out the window on Shrove Monday and noticed that Maurice P.’s Mercedes was gone, she immediately sensed that something was wrong. “For me he is mentally ill,” said the pensioner.
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With his strange behavior he had noticed the neighbors for a long time. So Maurice P. only slept in the burning light. He did not enter his apartment through the front door, but only through the terrace. “He said that he was afraid of the dark and was afraid of bumping into roommates in the stairwell,” explains neighbor Ehrengard Berens.
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He often walked around in front of the door with a glass in his hand for hours. Sometimes, however, he was just sitting there, smoking, drinking and wearing his headphones.
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Amok driver still unable to be heard
Maurice P. was arrested at the scene on Monday. But the amok driver himself could not yet be interviewed because he was injured in a crash and is in a hospital.
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Dozens of his victims are still in hospital: seven of the 61 victims were seriously injured. The youngest victim Maurice P. is only two years old, the oldest 85 years old.
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In the case of the Volksmarsen amok driver, the General Prosecutor’s Office has taken over the investigation. An arrest warrant was issued against P. for attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm. (wheel)
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