On the run since Thursday Escaped convict arrested in Bonn
Bonn · A „certifiably insane and dangerous“ man was on the run since Thursday when he managed to make his way out of the locked ward of a clinic in Bedburg-Hau.
A 35-year-old man who broke out of the locked ward of the LVR clmic in Bedburg-Hau has been arrested on Saturday morning. Prior to his arrest there were warnings issued that could be „certifiably insane and dangerous“ and may have had connections to Bonn.
The Man was seen around 9.30am in the area around the Venusbergweg. A short time later he was arrested by the police near the Reuterstraße. The 35-year-old made no resistance.
After a violent hostage-taking in the psychiatry in the Niederrhein city of Bedburg-Hau, the convict had managed to escape. He was thought to be armed with a self made, knife-resembling object, the police disclosed on Friday. „The clinic describes him as ‚certifiably insane and dangerous‘“, said a spokesperson.
The police were searching for the man with the aid of helicopters. A male nurse was injured and was brought to a hospital for treatment. The prosecution in Kleve had taken over the investigation.
Initial findings of the police lead to the insight that the 35-year-old had connections to Bonn and Siegburg, which led to his arrest on Saturday morning. According to General-Anzeiger information, Fischer used to have a residence in the Bonn police district.
The 35-year-old escaped on Thursday evening from the locked ward of the clinic in Bedburg-Hau. According to the prosecution, he held a male nurse hostage, aided by another inmate. „They threatened him with a self made, knife-resembling object and forced him into a kitchen, where they armed themselves with more knives“, said to senior prosecutor Günter Neifer. According to him, the two men managed to get into the yard with the hostage and demanded the warden to open the gate. Because he refused the men injured the male nurse by cutting his face and cutting of parts of his earlobe.
When the warden still did not open the gate, the 35-year-old escaped by climbing an approximately four-metre wall surrounding the grounds. His accomplice failed to follow across the wall, which is secured with barbed wire. He was arrested and was brought before an investigating judge on Friday. The charges: hostage-taking.
According to senior prosecutor Neifer, both men were in the clinic following a court order for drug detox. The 35-year-old was convicted of committing a burglary and resistance against executory officers.
Text: Michael Wrobel
Translation: Mareike Graepel
