Freudenberg
School of the killed Luise gradually begins to teach
Unknown persons placed flowers at the place where Luise was found. photo
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Pupils and teachers came together for three days, talked and mourned. Now there should be the first steps towards teaching – and other offers of help.
At the school of the killed twelve-year-old Luise in Freudenberg in southern North Rhine-Westphalia, the pupils are to be gradually taught according to the timetable again after detailed discussions. The Arnsberg district government, as the school supervisory authority, has announced the first cautious steps towards normal lessons for today.
A spokesman for the supervisory authority assured that the return to the timetable should take place without pressure. Where students still want to have conversations, regular classes take a backseat. After the crime, students and teachers spent three days talking and mourning. This process is far from over. Psychologists and experts from the district government are still working at the school.
Perpetrators incapacitated for reasons of age
Luise was killed with numerous knife wounds on Saturday. During a large-scale search for the missing child, police officers found the body in a remote valley on Sunday afternoon. According to investigators, two 12- and 13-year-old girls who knew the victim confessed to the crime. They are not criminally responsible for reasons of age and cannot be charged.
The youth welfare office is responsible for further measures. As the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein announced, the girls were placed “outside the home environment” as a first step. “This is also linked to the fact that the children do not attend their previous schools.” The girls continue to have contact with their parents. In the next step, the events would be processed with those involved. It is also about support services.
With reference to the age of the children, the Koblenz public prosecutor’s office did not provide any information on the alleged motive and details of the crime. According to the results of the autopsy, the victim bled to death. According to investigators, there is no trace of the murder weapon. You assume a household item. Prosecutors said the children and their families needed protection.
Experts warn against content on the Internet
The Association of German Criminal Investigators (BDK) warns against sharing pictures, names or alleged social media profiles of alleged perpetrators on the Internet. “The distribution of personal data or pictures of alleged suspects by private individuals in social media represents a modern form of witch hunt,” said BDK boss Dirk Peglow the editorial network Germany. There is a great danger that people who have nothing to do with her will be publicly associated with the crime. And there is a danger that people who have been denounced will be attacked verbally or even physically.
In the debate about criminal responsibility, the German Child Protection Association is against lowering the age limit. “From the age of 14, we assume that young people are much better able to see and understand what these actions are and what the consequences are,” said Deputy Managing Director Martina Huxoll-von Ahn on radio station RPR1. Under 14 you have to put a question mark. The fear of earlier penalties does not deter action. In addition, there are other possibilities of consequences, the youth welfare office has a range of possibilities.