More stupidity from Germany: Attackers shouting "Allahu Akbar" may not necessarily have Islamist motivation, says Bavarian prosecutor

Munich's chief public prosecutor, Gabriele Tilmann, has warned against automatically inferring religious motives when violent offenders shout out "Allahu Akbar". Referring to the attack in Würzburg, she said: "During the attack, the man shouted 'Allahu Akbar'. But even that doesn't necessarily indicate an Islamist background," she told Der Spiegel.

Experts later came to the conclusion that the perpetrator was mentally ill. At that time, a man of Somali origin stabbed women indiscriminately in a Würzburg department store. Three of the victims died and five were seriously injured.

"Don't put people in boxes"
In principle, prosecutors should not “put people in boxes”. A mentally ill perpetrator can seek support in an extremist ideology. "But extremist thinking can also develop into a delusion," warned Tilmann, who is also head of the Bavarian Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism.

She made it clear that this does not apply to right-wing extremists. "They are more driven by their ideology, mental illnesses are the exception rather than the rule. It's often young men with no fixed social ties."

Source: Junge Freiheit