ASCHAFFENBURG: The trial of a 28-year-old Afghan national accused of killing two people, including a toddler, during a knife attack in Aschaffenburg began on Thursday, more than eight months after the incident that shocked the nation.
Prosecutors allege the suspect - named only as Enamullah O. to protect his privacy - attacked a kindergarten group, fatally stabbing a German man and a 2-year-old boy of Moroccan descent in a city park in January.
The attack also left a 2-year-old Syrian girl, a teacher and a 72-year-old man injured, authorities said.
Prosecutors say Enamullah O. had paranoid schizophrenia at the time the crimes were committed.
The attack, which happened a month before Germany's federal election in February, prompted the now Chancellor Friedrich Merz to promise a crackdown on migration and to tighten border controls.
