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THE interior minister of Germany’s southern state of Bavaria is to review policies on housing for patients with serious mental illnesses.
Joachim Herrmann said this on Thursday, after two people, including a 2-year-old child, were killed in an attack at a park in the city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday.
The attack was carried out by a 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker believed to have had a history of mental health problems.
The suspect had previously been arrested three times for violent acts and was admitted to psychiatric institutions after each incident.
According to the latest information, the 2-year-old boy who was killed in the attack was from Morocco, while the injured girl is from Syria.
The minister said investigators would need to clear up whether the suspect intentionally attacked children with a migration background.
“It is not easy, under our understanding of freedom, to decide that someone must come to a closed facility and be locked up.
“But of course, we also have to recognise the obvious risks for our population,” the minister said.
Herrmann said discussions must take place with experts to “see whether the right standards are being applied in terms of the risk to the public and the risk to other people.” (dpa/NAN)
23rd January, 2025.
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