(AFP) A Somali man went on trial in Germany on Friday accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring several others, with prosecutors seeking to have him placed in psychiatric care.
The suspect, an asylum seeker with a history of mental health problems, faces charges including murder and attempted murder before the Wuerzburg district court in Germany’s southern Bavaria region.
The attack took place in the city centre of Wuerzburg last June.
The suspect stands accused of using a long kitchen knife in a random attack on people at a household goods store before running into the street. Three women were killed and nine people injured in the rampage.
