Crime – Hamburg – Attack after a swimming accident: Process for psychiatric instruction – Panorama

Hamburg (dpa/lno) – Seven months after a fatal swimming accident in the Elbe, a trial for an alleged act of revenge by the brother of the drowned teenager begins on Thursday (1 p.m.) in the Hamburg Regional Court. On June 18 last year, a 15-year-old was swept away by the current while swimming in Blankenese. The next day, the brother of the accident victim is said to have attacked a friend of the 15-year-old with a knife and seriously injured him. According to the public prosecutor’s office, he is said to have made him responsible for the death of the 15-year-old. The alleged stabber was arrested hours later at his home address.

The 19-year-old was initially taken into custody. Then it turned out that he had already received psychiatric treatment in the past. The public prosecutor evaluates the knife attack as an attempted murder, but assumes that the 19-year-old was not guilty of the crime. The prosecution is now seeking permanent accommodation of the accused in a psychiatric clinic. The body of his drowned brother was only found two days after the crime, on June 21, 2021.

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