Man who plowed his car into group of pedestrians in Berlin is convicted of murder
BERLIN — A German court has convicted a 30-year-old man who drove into groups of pedestrians in Berlin last year of one count of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, ordering him to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital.
The Berlin regional court concluded that the driver, a German citizen born in Armenia, was in a psychotic state when he drove onto the sidewalk in a popular shopping district in the western part of the German capital in June, killing a teacher and injuring 11 students on a school trip. A pregnant woman, a teenage girl and two men were also injured.
The driver was detained by passersby before being arrested by police.
The court also banned the man from driving for life.
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