The suspect in the knife attack in Illerkirchberg is to be questioned next week. This was announced by the public prosecutor’s office in Ulm at the request of the German Press Agency on Wednesday. His defense attorney is said to be present at the interrogation. The 27-year-old is accused of attacking two girls with a knife on their way to school on December 5. A 14-year-old was killed in the attack and her 13-year-old friend was seriously injured.
The man from Eritrea has been in custody since the crime. He is charged with murder and attempted murder. He was initially silent about the allegations, but was ready to testify last week. According to investigators, there was no evidence that the victim and the asylum seeker knew each other. After the crime in the small Baden-Württemberg community in the Alb-Donau district, the suspect was hospitalized with serious injuries and underwent hours of surgery. He is currently in a correctional hospital.
The parents of the 13-year-old, who survived the attack, wrote to the public after Christmas and asked for calm to process the events. Fortunately, her daughter’s health is stable, “the external wound is healing,” she quoted Southwest Press from writing. They are infinitely grateful that their daughter survived the “incredible act”. The girl lost her best friend that day, her closest confidante, who she had known since kindergarten. The family joined the appeal by the parents of the girl who had died, who had written a letter demanding that the crime not be used for hate speech.