[DW] The man accused of killing a boy by pushing him in front of a train has been moved to a mental hospital, German prosecutors said. The 40-year-old had acted out against his family and a neighbor before fleeing Zurich.| The original report of events can be seen here. He is named as Habte Araya, hailed as an example of successful migrant integration into European society here. |
Police had arrested the man on suspicion of pushing an 8-year-old child in front of a moving train last month. He also allegedly pushed the boy's mother onto the track and tried to push another woman off the platform at Frankfurt's central railway station, but the adults both survived the attack.
On Thursday, authorities said the suspect was suffering from "an illness on the schizophrenia spectrum." The 40-year-old is most likely a paranoid schizophrenic, they added.
| Good that it wasn’t really Sudden Jihad Syndrome. The problem is that 1500 years of close-cousin marriage in that part of the world means that these populations have a much higher level of genetic mental and physical problems than the general European population, making them both a greater danger and a significantly greater expense per capita. |
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
n-born Swiss resident.
| Nota bene: somewhere between 36 - 48% of Eritreans are Muslim... |
Swiss police said the man trapped his wife and three young children in their Zurich apartment before leaving the country. He had also threatened one of his neighbors with a knife and locked the woman up as well.
His symptoms were acute at the time of the Frankfurt attack, German authorities said on Thursday. They assume the suspect had "at least substantially reduced capabilities of understanding and self-control."
They also described the man as a "danger to the public" and said it was likely he would attempt further illegal acts if released. The Eritrean still faces a charge of murder and two accounts of attempted murder in Germany.
The man had been undergoing psychiatric treatment in Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell.... However,
a woman is only as old as she admits...
despite his acts of violence, German police said that he had not been listed as wanted in international databases and was able to travel freely.
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