After the attack on two schoolgirls in Illerkirchberg near Ulm, in which one of the girls died and one was seriously injured, an arrest warrant was issued against the suspect. According to the police and prosecutors, the 27-year-old is accused of murder and attempted murder.
According to investigators, the man has not commented on the allegations. He was taken to a clinic after the fact because he had not only seriously injured the two girls, but apparently also himself. He had been operated on for hours, is still in the hospital and is being guarded by the police.
According to previous knowledge, the 27-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea had attacked the young people on the street with a knife. One of the two girls, 14 years old, had to be resuscitated at the scene before being taken to a hospital. It died there hours later. The autopsy of the body revealed that the girl bled to death as a result of stab wounds. The police found a knife on the 27-year-old that, according to investigators, is a possible murder weapon.
The suspect has not yet been noticed by violent crimes. He was only caught once driving without a ticket. Ulm’s chief of police Bernhard Weber said picture-Zeitung, the suspect has a residence permit and is entitled to stay in Germany.
The second girl spent the night in hospital with serious injuries
The second student who was attacked spent the night in the hospital, according to the police. The 13-year-old was injured so badly that there may be suspicion of attempted murder in her case. Her mental state is currently difficult to assess, and she was offered emergency pastoral care.
After the crime, the man fled to a refugee shelter, which he is said to have come from before the attack. According to the information, two other men from Eritrea were present there, who took the officials to the office. They were interrogated and released on Tuesday because the suspicion against them was not confirmed. It remained unclear whether they were able to provide information about what was happening and the possible motives of the 27-year-old. The investigators also have to clarify what the motive was for them and whether the suspect and the two girls knew each other beforehand. .
Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of the Interior promises “complete clarification”
The attack could have a political dimension, several AfD politicians said on Monday that the suspect is an asylum seeker. The Baden-Württemberg Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) visited the crime scene on Tuesday afternoon together with the Mayor of Illerkirchberg and the Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Başar Şen; the girl killed had had German citizenship and a Turkish migration background. Strobl called for prudence: “This event must not be a reason or a justification for hatred and hate speech.” The crime must be “solved with all consequences. The perpetrator must be punished with all consequences. That will also happen”.
Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann also warned against drawing any hasty conclusions. “I can only warn against making any connections before the crime is even cleared up,” said the Green politician. In a press release, the police had appealed “not to have any general suspicion of strangers, those seeking protection or asylum seekers in general or to encourage or support such suspicions”. You are aware “that events of this kind stir up fears and emotions”.