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7 days ago
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Germany updates: Mannheim to remember knife attack victim
German authorities will unveil a memorial plaque commemorating a police officer who died due to a knife attack in the city of Mannheim last year. In other news, the number of naturalizations in Germany hit a record level in 2024 after a citizenship reform went into effect. In regards to irregular migration, Germany's interior minister hopes for an EU-wide consensus on sending failed asylum seekers to third countries. Here's a roundup of the latest news stories from Germany on May 31, 2025: The western German city of Mannheim plans to remember the 29-year-old police officer Rouven Laur on Saturday in the market square where he was stabbed one year ago. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl, and Mannheim Mayor Christian Specht are expected to unveil a memorial plaque providing information about the May 31, 2024, incident. A floor slab commemorating the Laur will also be presented. The fatal stabbing last year also wounded five people who participated in a rally organized by the anti-Islam Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (BPE). The now 26-year-old suspected Islamist perpetrator, identified as Sulaiman A, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. His trial has been taking place at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court since February. Guten Tag from the team in DW's Bonn newsroom, where we bring you reports covering the main headlines in Germany. Here, you can read headlines, analyses, multimedia content, and DW on-the-ground reporting on everything to do with Europe's largest economy.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- General
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Mannheim to mark fatal stabbing incident one year ago
The German city of Mannheim plans to commemorate slain police officer Rouven Laur on Saturday in the market square where he was killed in a knife attack one year ago. As part of the event in the city in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg, there is expected to be an interfaith peace prayer, and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is expected to attend. Together with Dobrindt, Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl and Mannheim Mayor Christian Specht plan to unveil a memorial plaque providing information about the events of May 31, 2024. A floor slab commemorating the 29-year-old police officer is also due to be presented. "We pause to remember an exemplary and courageous police officer who lost his life in the service of our society," Specht said in remarks released before Saturday's anniversary. "The market square, the scene of the crime, will become a place of silent remembrance – embedded in the heart of our city," Specht added. The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office is convinced that the now 26-year-old suspected Islamist perpetrator identified as Sulaiman A injured six people with a knife in the attack in Mannheim, namely five participants in a rally organized by the anti-Islam Citizens' Movement Pax Europa (BPE) and Laur. The police officer succumbed to his serious injuries two days later. The trial of the alleged Islamist, who is charged with murder and attempted murder, has been taking place at the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court since February.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Mannheim knife attacker admits guilt, expresses remorse
A 26-year-old man on trial for the murder of a police officer and injury to five others on the market square of the German city of Mannheim in May last year on Tuesday admitted guilt and expressed remorse. The Afghan man, identified under privacy law as Sulaiman A, said the war in the Gaza Strip had changed his life and was the motive for his attack on a rally called by the anti-Islam activist group Pax Europa (BPE). He is charged with murder and attempted murder. Five rally participants and police officer Rouven Laur, 29, were injured in the May 31 attack. Laur died in hospital two days later. Another officer disabled the attacker with a gunshot. The accused said he had spoken about killing unbelievers in Telegram chats with a cleric and collected information on the Islamic State terrorist group. "I will say how I came to commit this terrible crime," Sulaiman A told the court, describing how he aimed to kill BPE leader Michael Stürzenberger. Stürzenberger was one of the people injured. "My life changed with the start of this Gaza war," he said, revealing that he had viewed Telegram channels showing dead men, women and children. "I cried every day," he said. The trial began in February and is scheduled to run until the end of October.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Politics
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Trial in deadly May knife attack in Germany's Mannheim begins
The trial against a 26-year-old Afghan citizen for a fatal knife attack on the market square of the German city of Mannheim that killed a policeman in May began on Thursday under strict security precautions. The defendant, identified only as Sulaiman A under German privacy rules, is facing charges of murder and attempted murder as well as lessor alleged crimes. On Thursday morning, A was led in handcuffs into the tightly secured courtroom at the Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart. Relatives of the policeman killed in the attack, including his mother, were in the courtroom at the start of proceedings, in addition to a large contingent of reporters. According to prosecutors, A had expressed sympathies for the Islamic State terrorist group and had decided to commit an attack on alleged "infidels" at a rally in Mannheim called by the anti-Islam activist group Pax Europa (BPE). Five rally participants were injured in the attack, and 29-year-old policeman Rouven Laur died. The attacker was shot by another police officer but survived his injuries. The trial has been scheduled to take place over more than 50 days of proceedings which could stretch until the end of October, according to the court. The Mannheim attack prompted intense political debate in Germany over migration and security policy. It has continued to be cited during the current German election campaign as one of several attacks over the past year involving alleged attackers who had arrived in Germany as migrants.
