- A 40-year-old woman stabbed 18 people in Hamburg last May.
- Four of those attacked suffered serious injuries.
- The woman is permanently placed in a psychiatric hospital.
The 40-year-old woman who stabbed 18 people last May at the main train station in Hamburg, Germany, is not criminally responsible for her attack and will be permanently placed in a psychiatric facility. On Monday, the regional court in Hamburg decided on this, reports TASR on the basis of the DPA agency.
According to a court decision, on May 23, 2025, a woman attacked passengers on one of the railway station platforms and seriously injured four. She was accused of attempted murder, but due to her mental illness, the court in Hamburg ruled that she was not criminally responsible. According to the verdict, he has paranoid schizophrenia accompanied by a distorted perception of reality and hears voices.
Due to the disease, the woman poses a threat to the public and will therefore be permanently placed in a psychiatric hospital.
