Stock Photo - 12 December 2023, Berlin: A 39-year-old defendant (r) sits in Berlin district court and hides his face. Around seven months after the knife attack on two girls in a school playground in Berlin-Neukölln, the trial against the alleged perpetrator begins. The 39-year-old will have to answer to the district court from Tuesday (9.00 a.m.). He is alleged to have seriously injured the children, who were seven and eight years old at the time. One pupil is said to have been in mortal danger at times. The public prosecutor's office is seeking permanent placement in a psychiatric hospital in the trial for attempted manslaughter. Photo: Joerg Carstensen/dpa. - Berlin/Berlin/Germany