This was introduced by the Karlsruhe public prosecutor’s workplace, the Mannheim police headquarters and the State Felony Police Workplace on Sunday night. The attacker, who was from Afghanistan, stabbed the 29-year-old officer a number of instances within the head space. A number of individuals had been injured within the assault on Friday morning.
“He underwent emergency surgical procedure instantly following the incident and was positioned in a man-made coma, however succumbed to his critical accidents within the late followingnoon hours of June 2,” the authorities stated. “We mourn the lack of a police officer who gave his life for our security.”
Perpetrator not match for questioning
The motive of the 25-year-old perpetrator continues to be unclear. The person, who was born in Afghanistan however got here to Germany as an adolescent in 2014, has not but been capable of be questioned – he was additionally injured within the minutes following the assault. He has not but come to the eye of the police. He’s married, has two youngsters and lives in Heppenheim, Hesse.
Within the assault, the person injured six males, together with the police officer, at an occasion organized by the anti-Islam motion Pax Europa (BPE) on Friday morning in the marketplace sq. within the metropolis heart. BPE board member Michael Stürzenberger was additionally amongst these injured.
Within the “Bild am Sonntag” newspaper, Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) known as the photographs of the knife assault a tragic testimony to the place extremism leads. “We are going to by no means settle for violence, no matter whether or not it comes from the left, the fitting or from the Islamist atmosphere,” the Chancellor instructed the German newspaper.
