A 16-year-old is said to have attacked a classmate with a knife and seriously injured her. What are the reasons behind the crime?
Cuxhaven. After the knife attack on a 15-year-old in a school in Cuxhaven, the police are investigating the 16-year-old alleged perpetrator for grievous bodily harm. In order to clarify the background to the crime, the investigators are evaluating, among other things, an extensive chat on the 16-year-old’s cell phone, as a spokesman for the Stade public prosecutor’s office said.
With the parents’ consent, the cell phone was temporarily confiscated. The 15-year-old student who was seriously injured in the attack has now left the hospital, a police spokesman said.
The 16-year-old is said to have attacked her classmate on Thursday morning in front of others in the classroom at a primary and secondary school. According to the police’s findings, a teacher and classmates stopped the young person from committing further crimes. The 16-year-old was temporarily taken into police custody and the seriously injured person was taken to hospital. A crisis intervention team from the Cuxhaven district looked after the students; lessons were ended early by the school management.
The motive for the knife attack was initially unclear. The police are doing everything they can to solve the crime, they said. The officers wrote in an initial message that there had been an argument between the two young people.
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2023-12-22 12:01:35
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