Suspicion of Islamism: According to a knife attack: Karlsruhe investigated because of attacks

After a man’s knife attack on at least four people in front of a Bielefeld bar, the question comes into focus whether it was an Islamist act. The 35 -year -old Syrian had fled on Sunday morning, but was arrested in Heiligenhaus near Düsseldorf on Monday evening. First, the Bielefeld public prosecutor’s office followed the facts, but on Tuesday evening the Karlsruhe Federal Prosecutor’s Office took over the investigation due to a suspected attack.

The Federal Authority said that there was an urgent suspicion of attempted murder and the dangerous bodily harm. He was charged to have stabbed guests with knives and in the process of having injured four people with life -threatening.

There is suspicion that the crime was religiously motivated and that the attack on the free democratic basic order should be understood. A spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor said in the ARD that the accused had found documents that suggested a religious motivation. The deed was suitable for affecting the internal security of the Federal Republic of Germany, it was said by Germany’s supreme law enforcement officers. The Bielefeld criminal police continue the criminal police investigation.

Suspect is still coming to Karlsruhe

The suspect has been in custody since Tuesday based on an arrest warrant from the Bielefeld District Court. If the federal prosecutor takes over an investigation, the suspect will usually be demonstrated again to the investigative judge at the Federal Court of Justice, who will open up a new arrest warrant. When the alleged attacker by Bielefeld is to be brought up in Karlsruhe, it initially remained open.

The accused is said to have used a staff with a blade attached to it in his attack. “According to current findings, the accused has taken a targeted manner,” said the spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.

There were differences in the information on the seriousness of the injuries: While the Bielefeld police spoke of two life -threatening injuries on Monday, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office was talked about life -threatening. The victims are now better. The Federal Sacrifice Officer should take over their care, as Federal Minister of Justice Stefanie Hubig (SPD) said.

The suspect comes from Syria, he lives in Harsewinkel near Bielefeld. So far, he had not appeared in the police. According to NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU), the Syrian had entered Europe via Turkey. In December 2023, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees issued a temporary protection status after submitting asylum application in Germany. The investigators also followed information on contacts by the suspect in the Islamist scene.

Federal Minister of Justice Hubig said on Tuesday that the indications had now compressed that the perpetrator had acted from an Islamist motivation. Islamist terrorism is one of the greatest dangers to security in Germany. “The knife attack in Bielefeld on the early Sunday morning was of shocking brutality: several attacked people narrowly got away with life.”

The attacked people sit down with blows

Several knives had been secured at the crime scene in Bielefeld. The officials also found a bag with personnel documents left behind by the alleged perpetrator and a bottle with an unknown liquid, which has been petrol.

The victims belonged to a group of people who celebrated bar in Bielefeld. Among them are said to have been football fans. The East Westphalian football club Arminia Bielefeld cheered on Saturday with its fans the promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. Those attacked in the early Sunday morning sat down with blows and also injured the attacker. This fled.