
With an icy gaze and crossed arms. When the criminal chamber of the Koblenz regional court in Germany announced the verdict against him, Arlindo M. showed no emotion. The 30-year-old Albanian must serve eight years in prison for attempted murder and criminal damage. The verdict is not yet final.
Arlindo M. had attempted to cause a bloodbath at night at a police station in September, but was trapped by officers in a space protected by bulletproof glass, where he resisted for hours until the security glass almost shattered.
The public prosecutor, who had requested 11 years in prison, describes the night of the crime this way: "At around 02:40 he entered the Linz police station armed with a machete with a blade length of 47.3 centimeters with the intention of killing all the police officers there.
"He hit the windows with the machete about 50 times and shouted that he was here to kill the police and would not stop until he died himself."
He is said to have shouted: "I will kill you, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, you will soon meet God!"
A member of the special forces finally ended the dangerous situation and was able to neutralize Arlindo M. with a stun gun.
In his apartment, investigators found concrete evidence of his radicalization, such as a so-called Islamic State (IS) flag on the wall. In the court's opinion, the defendant had been radicalized beforehand - fueled by calls on internet forums.
When determining the sentence, the court took into account that no one other than the defendant was injured in the attack. Arlindo M., who suffers from a personality disorder, lost his job immediately after the crime and his marriage broke up. /BILD
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