Bielefeld (dpa / lnw) - After several bumps by passengers in front of the trams entering Bielefeld, the district court in East Westphalia will hear the case on Wednesday (9:00 a.m.). The public prosecutor's office has applied for the 23-year-old to be placed in a closed psychiatric ward because she assumes that she is mentally incapacitated. The woman is said to be suffering from paranoid hallucinatory schizophrenia. Investigators accuse the woman of three counts of attempted murder. A total of three trial days are scheduled until August 25th.
In February and March 2022, the accused is said to have pushed two men in front of an incoming tram. One of the victims, aged 21, was seriously injured in the head in the impact, a 29-year-old bounced back from the light rail onto the platform and was not physically injured. A third victim, aged 40, recognized the attack early and opposed the 23-year-old.
After the woman was initially able to flee undetected, the police set up a murder commission. The 23-year-old was arrested in early March after the third victim reported to the police. The woman had circled the man at a bus stop and was already running to push him. The passenger had already become suspicious and had turned to her. Because he was able to describe the suspects well, civil investigators then arrested them at another stop.
