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A regional court in Germany has ruled that Enamullah O., the Afghan asylum seeker who fatally stabbed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man who tried to intervene during a daycare outing in January, was not criminally responsible for his actions and will be permanently confined to a psychiatric hospital.
Presiding judge Karsten Krebs announced the decision on Thursday, stating that the 28-year-old suffered from a severe mental illness at the time of the attack, which rendered him incapable of understanding the nature or wrongfulness of his actions.
“The highly dangerous suspect no longer poses a threat to the public due to his confinement,” Krebs said during sentencing.
The attack took place on Jan. 22 in Schöntal Park, Aschaffenburg, when Enamullah O. approached a group of daycare children out for a walk with their teachers. Without warning, he removed a two-year-old boy’s hat and scarf before stabbing him multiple times with a 32-centimeter kitchen knife. The child died at the scene.
A 41-year-old passerby who intervened was also fatally stabbed, while three others — a two-year-old girl, a teacher, and another man — were seriously injured. Both the prosecution and the defense agreed that the suspect’s psychiatric condition made criminal punishment inappropriate, instead recommending indefinite psychiatric confinement.
As cited by Zeit Online, court-appointed psychiatrist Hans-Peter Volz testified that without medical treatment, the accused was likely to commit further “highly aggressive acts.” Volz said the man suffered from severe psychosis and delusions, claiming he had been ordered to kill children. The expert rejected any suggestion that the man was faking his illness.
Defense lawyer Jürgen Vongries described his client as “a very sick man” who selected his victims at random, saying, “Why, we do not know. We will be asking precisely this question. We cannot answer this.”
Investigations revealed that the Afghan national had already come to the attention of police several times before the killings, including for assault and property damage. He had been treated in psychiatric facilities but repeatedly discharged, as authorities did not assess him as an imminent threat.
He arrived in Germany in November 2022 after traveling through Bulgaria, Austria, and France. His asylum claim was rejected, and he had been under a deportation order since late 2024. However, he was not removed from the country. In December, he wrote to immigration authorities stating that he would leave voluntarily, but failed to follow up and remained in Germany.
Judge Krebs acknowledged the “devastating” consequences for the victims and their families, stating that while the court had done all it could, “nothing can undo what happened.”
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