Two weeks after the killing spree at Heidelberg University, investigators are still looking for a motive. The public prosecutor’s office in Heidelberg has now confirmed a new detail about the perpetrator:
On Monday, January 24, 2022, biology student Nikolai G. († 18) broke into a lecture hall at Heidelberg University with a long gun and fired several times. A 23-year-old fellow student dies and three other students are injured. The perpetrator himself escapes and then directs himself near the botanical garden. Two weeks after the crime, there is still a lack of clarity: what made Nikolai G. shoot at his fellow students? The public prosecutor’s office in Heidelberg has now confirmed a new detail about the perpetrator.
HEIDELBERG24* summarizes what has now become known about the gunman.
The killing spree in Heidelberg left many scars: numerous people commemorate the killed student († 23) on Monday, January 31st. “After appalling acts of violence, we are tormented by the question of whether we could not have prevented them. Were there any signals? But the abysses of the human soul are not always visible,” said Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) at the commemoration in Heidelberg’s Peterskirche. However, these abysses still need to be uncovered. For this purpose, the police set up the “Botany” investigation group, which is currently investigating at full speed. (fas) * HEIDELBERG24 is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
