Munich car-ramming victim's family calls for death not to be abused
The family of the 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter killed in Thursday's car-ramming attack have appealed for the attack not to be abused to foment hatred.
"Amel was a person who worked for justice," a statement from the family published by the Munich authorities on their official website on Sunday said.
She had been active in seeking rights for workers and in working for solidarity and equality, it said.
The car rammed into a trade union demonstration in the Bavarian capital on Thursday, and the mother and daughter died in hospital from their injuries on Saturday.
Amel, who was born in Algeria and came to Germany at the age of 4, had been opposed to xenophobia and had wanted to pass these values on to her daughter, the statement said.
After environmental studies, she worked as an engineer for the city, living there since 2017 along with her husband and daughter Hafsa.
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