US EditionSuspect Released From Psychiatric Care a Day Before Hamburg Attack
- A 39-year-old German woman from Lower Saxony injured 18 people in a stabbing at Hamburg's central train station on Friday evening.
- She had been released from a psychiatric hospital the day before and was known to police since 2021 with clear signs of mental illness.
- The attack involved 15 attempted manslaughters with grievous bodily harm, including three women and one man with life-threatening injuries who are now stable.
- Authorities reported seven other serious injuries and seven minor ones, and the suspect admitted the act before a magistrate during detention.
- The stabbing highlights concerns about psychiatric discharge procedures, as authorities saw no medical grounds for continuing her treatment at release.
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Suspects Released From the Psychiatry only One Day Before the Stabbing Attack
Just one day before the stabbing attack at Hamburg Central Station, the suspect had been released from the psychiatry, according to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Health. A new accommodation was ordered. The 39-year-old had injured 18 people.
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RNWhen Will a Patient Be Released From the Psychiatry?
A woman comes from the psychiatry and hurts several people with a knife the day after. What went wrong? There are pitfalls in the decision to release mentally ill people.Which person is dangerous for others? The possibilities of psychiatry to predict this are limited. Unfortunately, one person's condition can change from one day to another, says the President of the German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurotherapy…
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