Esslingen (dpa / lsw) – After the sudden attack on a man and his child in Esslingen, a suspect was arrested. The 25-year-old is suspected of attempted murder. He is said to have attacked his 38-year-old victim and his five-year-old child on the sidewalk a week and a half ago and injured the man in the neck with a sharp object. The child was unharmed.

On Thursday evening, the Syrian was arrested in a refugee accommodation in Esslingen and brought before the magistrate on Friday, the police said.