(Deutsche Welle) The man who stabbed four people on a train in the southern state of Bavaria on Saturday did so “indiscriminately,” police said during a press conference Sunday presenting the first results of their investigation into the attack.
Prosecutor Gerhard Neuhof said the suspect had been suffering from delusions and a preliminary mental health evaluation has indicated he likely suffers from a psychiatric disorder. Police have said there is no basis for a terrorist motive for the stabbing.
The suspect was arrested without resisting and had pleaded for “help” during the incident, he added. He was taken into psychiatric care on Sunday.
“There are no indications of an Islamist background” to the attack, said Sabine Nagel, the criminal director of Oberpfalz in Bavaria. She stressed that the investigation was still in its early stages.
