Global InformationBottrop and Essen car attack information
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| Bottrop and Essen car attack | |
|---|---|
  Bottrop Essen Bottrop and Essen car attack (North Rhine-Westphalia) | |
| Location | Bottrop and Essen, Germany |
| Date | 31 December 2018 and 1 January 2019 |
| Target | People of foreign heritage |
Attack type | Vehicular attack |
| Weapons | Silver Mercedes-Benz car[1] |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Injured | 10[2] |
| Assailants | Andreas N.[3] |
| Motive | acute episode of paranoid schizophrenia |
On 31 December 2018 and 1 January 2019, a car was intentionally driven into crowds of people in the cities of Bottrop and Essen in Germany, injuring ten[4] people.[5][6][7] First media reports suspected a terrorist background.[8] Later, the perpetrator was admitted to psychiatry and a surveyor certified that he is probably not guilty by reason of mental disease.[9]
According to the judgment of the court of December 2019, the act had no xenophobic or terrorist background, but was triggered by an acute episode of paranoid schizophrenia.[10]
- ^ "Germany: Man deliberately drives car at pedestrians". Deutsche Welle. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Amokfahrt von Bottrop: Fuhr Täter an weiteren Orten gezielt auf Menschen zu?". 23 January 2019.
- ^ Haas, Daniel (2 January 2019). "Anschlag in Bottrop: Haftbefehl gegen Deutschen wegen mehrfachen versuchten Mordes erlassen" [Attack in Bottrop: Warrant issued against a German men for multiple attempted murders]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Amokfahrt von Bottrop: Fuhr Täter an weiteren Orten gezielt auf Menschen zu?". 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Attacke in Bottrop: Autofahrer hatte die "klare Absicht, Ausländer zu töten"" [Attack in Bottrop: Car driver had "clear intention to kill foreigners"]. Spiegel Online (in German). 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Suspected far-right attacker 'intentionally' rams car into crowd of Syrian and Afghan citizens in Germany". The Independent. 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Man drives into crowd in Germany, injuring 4 in apparent attack on foreigners, police say". Los Angeles Times. 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Amokfahrt von Bottrop: "Klare Absicht, Ausländer zu töten" – Neue Details zum Täter" [Amokfahrt von Bottrop: "Clear intention to kill foreigners" – New details on the culprit]. Merkur (in German). 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Amokfahrer in psychiatrische Klinik eingeliefert" [Spree killer admitted to psychiatry]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Anschlag von Silvester: Täter muss in die Psychiatrie, FAZ.NET, 11. Dezember 2019