AMORAGE in Mannheim: Two dead, 14 injuries - perpetrator arrested!

A terrifying incident occurred on Rosenmontag in Germany: a 40-year-old raced by a busy pedestrian zone and grazed a willfully passer-by. An 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed, while 14 other people were seriously injured. The police describe the perpetrator as mentally unstable; In addition, he had no permission for the shotgun with which he injured himself when he was arrested. These dramatic events are now pursued as a murder in two cases as well as attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm, as the Mannheimer Morgen

confession and legal consequences

Whether the man had intentionally planned his act or acted under the pressure of the police remains unclear, since no further details are published due to the ongoing investigations. The legal term "murder" includes particularly reprehensible homicides in Germany, which can be punished with a lifelong imprisonment. It is crucial whether the killing of murder lust, greed or other mild motifs happened, as it is explained on juraforum.de . The injustice of the murder is significantly higher than in homicide, since murder requires specific features, which in this case, especially the insults and the risk of uninvolved, could be fulfilled.

The social reactions to this incident are already very emotional and will accompany the legal processing. With the growing focus on mental health in connection with criminal offenses, this case could also initiate new discussions about preventive measures and legal evaluations of mentally ill perpetrators.