A judge has ordered that the 39-year-old suspect in the knife attack at the main railway station in Hamburg be placed in a psychiatric institution, police said on Saturday.
In the knife attack on Friday, 18 people were injured in this northern German city.
The suspect, who was detained shortly after the incident, is charged with attempted murder of 15 people along with causing serious bodily injury.
According to earlier police reports, the attack was not politically motivated.
“On the contrary, there are very clear indications that the suspect is mentally ill,“ police said.
The eighteen injured persons are aged between 19 and 85 years. Three women aged 24, 52, and 85, as well as a 24-year-old man, were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police stated on Saturday that all are in stable condition.
Seven other people were seriously injured, and seven sustained minor injuries.
