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Yvonne Kussmann wrote that a 23-year-old Indian man snatched a five-year-old boy from his mother on a platform in Wuppertal in April 2018 and jumped in front of a train with him. The child survived the attack without serious injuries. In October 2018, the man was acquitted due to insanity caused by paranoid schizophrenia and placed in a secure psychiatric facility. Kussmann contrasted the diagnosis with the belief in demons like Asuras or Pishachas in India, from whom people might receive commands, including to kill. She stated that the man had been deported after about eight years in the secure facility; various media reported on this. At the same time, she questioned whether Western therapies were meaningful for a man with a different cultural background. Using figures from North Rhine-Westphalia for 2025, Kussmann calculated that among approximately 4,300 detained individuals, costs of 623 million euros had been incurred. This amounts to about 390 euros per person per day. For eight years in the secure facility, this totals just over 1.1 million euros for the man. Kussmann questioned why the man had not been immediately deported instead of being treated at the taxpayers' expense for so long. She noted that he had entered as an asylum seeker, attempted to kill a child, and had never received a punishment for the act. #Asylpolitik #PsychischeGesundheit #Gesellschaftsdebatte (translated)

In the Düsseldorf "Rich Kids" trial, the main defendants Maximilian G. and Marvin G. were sentenced to prison terms of twelve years and eleven and a half years, respectively, after being found guilty of large-scale drug trafficking. #RichKidsProzess #Drogenhandel #Düsseldorf (translated)

The author wrote that a Polish bank initiated proceedings before the European Court of Justice over approximately 700 euros. This has caused significant harm to the entire industry, while at the same time, the process is good news for consumers. #Banken #Verbraucherschutz #Rechtsschutz #PL #EU (translated)

The author wrote that the defendant in the Nord Stream trial, a former officer, allegedly cannot speak because Ukraine has forbidden it. This casts an interesting light on the incident and raises suspicion that the Ukrainian government might have been the client after all. The contribution ended with an incomplete statement about Germany. #Nordstream #Ukraine #Geopolitik #UA #DE (translated)

Bernd Kaiser wrote that a 76-year-old retiree was arrested at a demonstration against British immigration policy for being masked. The man appeared in court in Portsmouth wearing a burqa and pleaded not guilty. As a defense, he cited a religious exemption and stated that he wanted to explore Islam from the perspective of full veiling. In his view, there was no identity concealment, as he was filmed by police cameras and drones. According to Kaiser, the retiree is financing his defense through crowdfunding. He portrayed the case as a confrontation with a judiciary that must deal with contradictory rules. A conviction before the continuation of the trial in February would, in his opinion, reveal a double standard in tolerance; an acquittal would make the masking ban ridiculous. Additionally, Kaiser claimed that the state is taking action against the retiree while criminals remain undetected and parallel societies are growing. He referred to the action as a satirical checkmate. #Großbritannien #Doppelmoral #Burka (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann recalled that the conservative politician Sir David Amess was stabbed to death on October 15, 2021, during a constituency surgery at a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She named the perpetrator as Ali Harbi Ali, a 26-year-old Somali with a British passport. Amess died at the scene; the act is classified as an Islamist terrorist attack. Kussmann wrote that Ali Harbi Ali was later sentenced to life in prison. During the trial, it became known that he had planned further attacks on politicians, including Michael Gove, whom he considered harmful to Muslims. The jury reached their verdict after 18 minutes. When the verdict was announced, Ali refused to stand. Amess is survived by his wife and five children, Kussmann wrote. #Terrorismus #Politik #Gedenktag (translated)

The author wrote that the trial against the leader of a Ukrainian sabotage group began the day before. The group blew up Germany's most important natural gas supply pipeline, Nord Stream. They acted on behalf of Ukraine's highest military leadership, as the defendant and his defense explicitly stated, according to the author. #UkrainischeKrise #NordStream #Energieversorgung #UA #DE (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann recalled that the conservative politician Sir David Amess was stabbed on October 15, 2021, during a public meeting in a church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. The 26-year-old Ali Harbi Ali, a Somali with a British passport, had repeatedly stabbed Amess; he died at the scene. Kussmann described the act as an Islamist terrorist attack. In the later trial, Ali Harbi Ali was sentenced to life in prison. It became known that he had planned further attacks on politicians, including on Michael Gove, because he was harming Muslims. According to Kussmann, the jurors took 18 minutes to reach their verdict; at the sentencing, Ali refused to stand up. Amess left behind a wife and five children. #Gedenken #Terrorismus #Politik (translated)

On October 10, 2026, the Tagesschau addresses, among other things, the start of the trial against an alleged mastermind in the Nord Stream case, the lawsuit by Ukrainian President Zelensky regarding the lack of warnings about Russian attacks, as well as coalition decisions on the sugar tax and a ban on alcohol at German train stations. #NordStream #UkraineHilfe #FußballChampionsLeague (translated)

In the process of the failed car toll, the entrepreneur, who was summoned as a witness, rejected the accusation of vindictiveness against former Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer and emphasized that it was about making him responsible for the mistakes of others. #PkwMaut #AndreasScheuer #Gerichtsprozess (translated)

The latest issue of Tagesschau reports on the start of the trial against the alleged mastermind behind the Nord Stream explosion, the concerns of Ukrainian President Zelensky about the lack of warnings regarding Russian attacks, a government statement from Chancellor Merz on Ukraine aid, as well as various political decisions and current events. #NordStream #UkraineHilfe #BundeskanzlerMerz (translated)