The court hearing of an Afghan national accused of killing two people, including a toddler, during a knife attack in a city park began on Thursday, more than eight months after the incident that shocked the nation.

Prosecutors allege the suspect, identified as Enamullah O. in line with German privacy laws, fatally stabbed a German man and a two-year-old of Moroccan descent in January while attacking a kindergarten group. The suspect, who was 28 at the time, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was unable to comprehend the wrongfulness of his actions, according to prosecutors.

The hearing is a special legal procedure rather than a criminal trial, as the suspect is deemed not criminally responsible due to his mental condition. Instead of a prison sentence, the court will consider

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