Moroccan migrant Redouan El H. is now on trial for attempted murder in Germany for severely beating a 47-year-old victim with a bicycle lock at the Hanover train station in May earlier this year.
The 34-year-old Moroccan migrant has a long criminal record for theft, coercion, assault, drug trafficking, and predatory extortion, totaling 19 entries on his record. He entered Germany in February 2015 and has gone on a 10-year crime spree in the country. He had his asylum application rejected when he first entered, but all attempts to deport him have failed.
With the aid of 11 false names and a lack of cooperation from Morocco, he was able to avoid deportation.
On May 27, 2025, authorities tried to deport him once again, which was unsuccessful, because he needed to stand trial for new crimes. He currently faces charges for attempted murder and robbery.
Redouan El H. allegedly assaulted the 47-year-old man, an acquaintance of his, with a bicycle lock in a vicious attempted murder attack at a train station in Hanover. He also kicked the victim in the head, causing severe injuries.
The assault was caught on surveillance camera.
Two days later, he then robbed a man at the Steintor in Hanover of his cell phone.
Redouan now faces a long prison sentence if convicted, with a verdict due in December. A deportation is also unlikely after his potential sentence, as Morocco refuses to issue documents.
He reportedly entered Germany 10 years ago with no identification papers, claiming he was from Algeria in an effort to conceal his identity. In Germany, he has continuously changed his name and gone under a number of aliases.
Redouan El H. said that he was acting in self-defense and that the 47-year-old hit him first. However, the surveillance video shows the suspect viciously attacking the victim.
A witness said: “He hit blindly with anger. He stamped his foot on the man’s skull. He was breathing heavily, I saw a pool of blood on his head.”
