| That’d be Abdullah A., also known as Abdullah AHH. |
The 20-year-old suspect is said to have been motivated by a radical Islamist ideology, and targeted the couple because they were homosexual, prosecutors say.
He is facing charges of murder and attempted murder with Islamist and homophobic motives, according to Der Spiegel magazine.
The attack in Dresden's old town on October 4, 2020 left one 55-year-old man dead and his 53-year-old partner seriously injured. The couple had been visiting the city as tourists from the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The alleged attacker expeditiously departed at a goodly pace after the stabbing, and was apprehended on October 20.
The attack was the first Islamist-motivated killing of a homosexual in Germany, according to Der Spiegel.
ATTACKER WAS KNOWN TO AUTHORITIES
The man had been released from a juvenile detention center just days before the attack, after having spent three years in jail for allegedly planning a suicide kaboom, as well as having connections to "Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
" militia, Der Spiegel reported.
The alleged attacker first came to Germany in 2015 and applied for asylum.
Although his application was rejected, he was able stay in Germany under the so-called "tolerated" status, which German authorities give to rejected asylum-seekers who cannot be deported.