In connection with a knife attack on a late-night tram in Dresden over the weekend, police and prosecutors in the city announced Tuesday that they had apprehended a 21-year-old Syrian man.
According to the police, he was taken into custody in the early hours of Tuesday and placed in investigative custody for further offenses, including suspected serious physical injury.
The individual in question had previously been arrested and freed shortly after the event, with no original evidence linking him to the crime. involved in harming a young American. However, according to investigators, new evidence may directly link him to the case.
In a statement to the press, the police stated that there are currently justifiable reasons to believe that he was engaged in the stabbing incident as a result of additional inquiry. using a deadly weapon to injure the victim while also opposing the 20-year-old American.
The second suspect, who was first thought to be the primary perpetrator of the American man's injuries, was not specifically named in Tuesday's announcement. Authorities in the eastern German state of Saxony were still looking for him as of Monday afternoon and had asked for assistance from anyone who might have seen him.
The US Embassy in Berlin is asking for prompt and harsh action.
According to authorities, the victim was hurt when they intervened to defend a different female passenger on the tram who was being harassed.
In a statement posted online, the US Embassy in Berlin denounced the horrific attack and urged German officials to act quickly to bring the criminals to justice. and give them the maximum punishment allowed by the law.
