After the knife attack on two schoolgirls in a Berlin elementary school, there should be classes again next Monday.
“Together with the school community, we carefully examined how things can continue now,” said Frank Olie, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Evangelical School Foundation of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia. The school should find its way back to normality as soon as possible, which gives everyone structure and security. An internal prayer service is to take place before classes begin on Monday. The school will continue to be monitored by security forces.
Classes and all exams at the Evangelische Schule Neukölln were canceled for the rest of the week after the attack on Wednesday. According to the police, a 38-year-old stabbed two girls aged seven and eight with a kitchen knife. The alleged perpetrator was temporarily housed in a psychiatric facility. The motive is so far unclear. The state of health of the seriously injured students is unchanged, as the public prosecutor announced. Accordingly, both are still in the hospital, the particularly badly injured eight-year-old is no longer in acute danger.
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The school foundation announced that psychological and pastoral support will continue to be available to all students, staff and teachers in the coming week. About 30 students saw the knife attack. Nursery educators also observed the crime.
According to a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office, the focus of further investigations is on witness interviews. According to prosecutors, the suspect is believed to be mentally ill. Maybe that’s why he’s not guilty. In order to determine this, he will be examined, it said.
According to the information, the alleged perpetrator has German citizenship, was born in Berlin and also lives there. The man is said to have attracted attention in earlier years. The public prosecutor spoke of “mentally abnormal” behavior. There was no evidence that he was prone to acts of violence.
