More than 1,000 people came to the funeral of the 14-year-old from Illerkirchberg in the Alb-Donau district on Wednesday afternoon. Many wore a photo of the dead on their jackets.
Hundreds of people dressed in black have gathered in the small cemetery in Illerkirchberg in the Alb-Donau district. The 14-year-old who was killed was buried here early Wednesday afternoon. The girl belonged to the Alevi community in Ulm. A large expression of condolences already took place there on Tuesday afternoon.
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Among the many mourners were many members of the Alevi community, other people from Illerkirchberg and the girl’s school class. She attended the Albert Einstein secondary school in Ulm-Wiblingen. Ulm Mayor Gunter Czisch (CDU) also came, there were a lot of police on site, as well as emergency pastoral care.
During the funeral there were prayers and memorial speeches. The bewilderment was on the faces of the people. In addition to a sea of flowers and wreaths, there was no wooden cross on the grave, but a wooden plaque with the girl’s name and the simple dates: 2008 to 2022.
The police had set up a one-way system on the streets around the cemetery. Road users should drive around Illerkirchberg as far as possible.
“You have no idea how painful it is when the whole world mourns with you.”
Wreaths have been lying on the grave since Wednesday morning, for example with the inscription “We will always love you”. This also affects the family of the girl who was killed on Monday on the way to school in Oberkirchberg. A member of the family said: “You have no idea how much it hurts when the whole world is in mourning with you. The parents are screwed.”
The cemetery in Illerkirchberg-Oberkirchberg: This is where the 14-year-old girl who was killed is buried.
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Michael Binder
The 14-year-old girl was allegedly attacked with a knife by a 27-year-old man from Eritrea on her way to school on Monday. It later succumbed to its injuries. The girl’s friend survived the attack with serious injuries.