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Suspect arrested over Leipzig crash that killed two ‘had just been released from psychiatric hospital’

The Independent·James C. Reynolds·27 days ago
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The suspect arrested after a car drove into a crowd in Leipzig yesterday had recently been discharged from a psychiatric hospital, according to reports. Two people were killed and three seriously injured when a car drove through a busy shopping area in the eastern German city on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a spate of such incidents in recent years in the country. The driver, a 33-year-old German citizen named in local media as Jeffrey K, was stopped and detained in the car. Police said he was a German-born resident, and that he was under investigation on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. The Saxon Ministry of Social Affairs told public broadcaster MDR that the suspect had been discharged from a mental health clinic at the end of April, after checking in voluntarily. “During his stay at the clinic, he posed no danger to himself or others,” a spokesperson for the ministry said, according to the outlet, adding that there were “no medical grounds” to stop him from leaving.…

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