German authorities have decided not to deport Abdirahman Jibril, a Somali national who killed three women in a 2021 stabbing attack in Würzburg, citing public safety concerns. Officials warned that deporting him could lead to his unsupervised return and potential reoffending.
The Munich Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that Jibril will remain indefinitely in a secure psychiatric facility, following medical assessments confirming he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and continues to pose a danger to society.
Jibril, believed to be in his mid-30s, fatally stabbed three women and injured nine others on June 25, 2021, at Würzburg’s Barbarossaplatz. Witnesses said he shouted “Allahu Akbar” before police subdued him with gunfire.
A court later found him not criminally responsible and ordered his confinement under Section 63 of Germany’s Criminal Code. Since 2022, he has been held in a psychiatric hospital in Lohr.
His defense lawyer, Hanjo Schrepfer, said the prosecutor’s decision was “appropriate and legally sound,” noting that therapy progress remains slow due to Jibril’s lack of awareness of his illness.
Jibril arrived in Germany in 2015 from Italy during the European migration wave and was granted temporary protection after his asylum claim was rejected. Officials concluded that deporting him to Somalia would pose “a significant threat to public safety.”
