Following the deployment of police in the Große Bleiche street in Mainz and the arrest of the 25-year-old last Monday evening, the police may publish further details of the facts.The perpetrator is a Sudanese citizen who, after a verbal dispute in the Allianz House, for reasons as yet unknown has stood at the crossroads of Grosse Bleiche and Bauhof street.According to the current state of investigation, he was approached standing there by a 23-year-old motorcyclist and asked to leave the intersection. The result is a dispute in the course of which the motorcyclist falls over with his motorcycle, the perpetrator pulls a knife and makes stabbing movements in his direction. Shortly thereafter, he directed his aggression against a 35-year-old cyclist and also made stabbing movements towards the upper body of the cyclist. No person is injured. The perpetrator has a bigger and a smaller knife in his hands. Courageous passers-by and guests of the adjacent localities overwhelm the perpetrator by using chairs against him and for their protection. They can arrest the perpetrator and hand him over to the police who arrive shortly afterwards. The perpetrator is first placed in a psychiatric ward with the assistance of the Mainz City Public Order Office. In close coordination with the public prosecutor’s office in Mainz, the legal classification of the facts and the examination of further criminal procedural measures are currently taking place. In close coordination with the public prosecutor’s office in Mainz, the legal classification of the facts and the examination of further criminal procedural measures are currently taking place. In the meantime, a mobile phone video of the incidents has been made available to the Mainz police as evidence. The police Mainz asks to publish no videos or photos of the incident, but to provide the investigating authorities as well as witnesses to call 06131-65-4110.

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