CHA 25-year-old man of Afghan origin was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Munich Higher Regional Court for a deadly car attack during a trade union demonstration in Munich in February 2025. The attacker killed a woman and her two-year-old daughter, while seriously injuring many others, some of whom continue to suffer physical or psychological effects. The court found him guilty of double murder and attempted murder in 23 cases and determined his guilt to be particularly severe, making early release unlikely. The defendant had claimed he attacked people in Germany as a reaction to the situation in Islamic countries, but the prosecution viewed the attack as intentional destruction of human life. His defense argued for a 15-year sentence and psychiatric confinement due to possible schizophrenia, which the court rejected.
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