Overview
- Five of the six defendants, all aged 18 to 22, admitted taking part in the attack and they face charges of attempted murder or aiding it.
- The lead defendant told the court he threw a 19-shot fireworks battery into the building to scare people and said he did not expect a fire.
- Prosecutors say the device was thrown through a smashed window into a room where a Macedonian family of three was inside.
- The presiding judge, Holger Pröbstel, said he doubts denials of a far-right motive after searches found related items and a car video captured a slur and a right-wing song.
- The mother testified that her daughter’s blanket and mattress caught fire, she jumped from the window, and she still struggles to sleep.