The alleged attacker, a 27-year-old Eritrean refugee, was seriously injured after the crime
The suspect in the murder of a 14-year-old girl and seriously wounding her 13-year-old friend, a 27-year-old Eritrean asylum seeker, is silent as he recovers from injuries he allegedly inflicted on himself briefly with a knife before being arrested. The man suddenly and without saying a word attacked the two girls in the town of Illerkirchberg this Monday morning as they were on their way to school. The eldest died shortly after being hospitalized, while her friend remains stable in gravity. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in charge of the case said on Tuesday that the suspect seriously injured himself and required hours of surgery. He is also hospitalized, albeit under permanent police surveillance.
The public prosecutor’s office of the nearby city of Ulm, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, is currently investigating whether an arrest warrant should be presented against the suspect or whether there are indications that he may be suffering from a mental disorder, so his possible admission is also being considered in a high-security detention center. psychiatric hospital waiting for a medical expert to make an initial diagnosis, a spokesman for the prosecution said. He also pointed out that the young Eritrean has no criminal record and had never called attention to violence until now, although he was once detained for traveling on public transport without a ticket. The attack on the two schoolgirls took place in the middle of the street of the residential town at 7:30 am for unknown reasons. The two young women suffered deep stab wounds in the torso of the suspect.
The 14-year-old teenager had to be resuscitated at the scene before being taken to a hospital, where she died hours later. The Ulm public prosecutor’s office explained that the second 13-year-old girl spent the night in hospital, where she is being treated for her injuries. He emphasized that these are so serious that the alleged perpetrator of the attack is also suspected of attempted murder. The spokesman did not dare to speculate about the victim’s state of mind, but emphasized that he has psychological help. After the attack, the suspect fled to a nearby asylum seekers’ home, from which he had left a few minutes earlier armed with a knife. There he was arrested shortly afterwards by a special assault unit of the police, who also detained two other young men of Eritrean descent for questioning.
Both were released today after making statements and confirming they had nothing to do with what happened. A statement from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior emphasizes that “the Public Prosecution Service and the police are now investigating the reasons for the attack on the two girls and whether the suspect and the two girls knew each other.” The holder of that portfolio, Christian Democrat Thomas Strobl, assured that “we will fully clarify these terrible events” and noted that “this crime affects us deeply because the life of an innocent girl has been brutally destroyed”, in addition to the expressing his condolences to the families and relatives, as well as their classmates and friends.
Strobl, however, declined to comment on the suspect’s provenance. “The background of the crime, especially the motives, are not clear at all,” said the regional minister, while the police in a statement called on “not to generalize, encourage or support suspicions against foreigners, refugees and asylum seekers .” ». After the death of one of the teens, the crime could have political ramifications as the suspect is an asylum seeker. Several politicians from the ultra-nationalist Alternative for Germany (AfD) have already used the event to denounce Germany’s asylum policy and fuel xenophobic and racist theories.
Source: La Verdad
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