Zwickau (dpa/sn) - A man is said to have attacked a 17-year-old girl with a knife in Zwickau and pushed her out of the window of his apartment. The young woman was taken to a clinic with serious injuries after the attack on Tuesday evening, the police said on Wednesday. Accordingly, there is said to have been a dispute in the apartment on the first floor of an apartment building, during which the 17-year-old was injured with a knife. When she opened the window, the 28-year-old is said to have pushed her.
According to the information, the man known to the police initially fled, but was arrested in Chemnitz as a result of the search measures that were immediately initiated. A drug test came back positive for amphetamines. He was due to appear before a magistrate on Wednesday. It was determined because of attempted manslaughter, it said. The police are investigating the background. The two are said to have known each other, but the police were initially unable to say more. It is also unclear when the man took the drugs.
