Shortly after the attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg, the alleged perpetrator fled to the apartment of a 25-year-old Eritrean. He is then also interrogated by the police, but is released shortly afterwards. Now he is said to have killed himself, according to the police.
According to the investigators, two days after the violent crime against two girls in Illerkirchberg near Ulm, a temporary suspect killed himself. As reported by the public prosecutor and the police, the 25-year-old from Eritrea was arrested and interrogated and was released a little later. The authorities emphasized that there was no suspicion against him or another man. The alleged attacker fled to the 25-year-old’s apartment after the crime.
A 27-year-old – also Eritrean – is said to have attacked and seriously injured two girls on the way to school in Illerkirchberg near Ulm on Monday. One of the victims later died in the hospital. The autopsy revealed that the 14-year-old bled to death after stab wounds. The second girl, aged 13, was seriously injured.
The police found a knife on the 27-year-old, which investigators believe to be the murder weapon. Arrest warrants for murder and attempted murder have been issued for the suspect. According to initial findings, the asylum seeker is said to have injured himself. The public prosecutor’s office hopes that the forensic examination will provide more information about how the injuries actually came about. The 27-year-old is in a prison hospital and is silent on the allegations.
It is still unclear why he attacked the two students. “The investigation is still ongoing,” said a police spokesman on Wednesday. Not to jump to conclusions and not to generalize – the mayor appealed to that. “I ask you to continue to be open to the refugees of all nations living with us and not to place them under general suspicion. The attack on the two girls must be pursued and punished with all consequences – but this insidious crime was not committed by a single person a population group”, wrote Häußler in an open letter to the citizens of his community.
Baden-Württemberg’s Interior Minister Thomas Strobl emphasized during a visit to the crime scene on Tuesday that there was no evidence of a political or religious motivation for the crime. After the deadly attack, emergency chaplains continue to support the affected families. “The point is that they get the feeling that they are not alone in these difficult hours,” said Michael Lobenhofer, head of emergency pastoral care in Ulm/Alb-Donau-Kreis. In addition, a person who saw the crime is being cared for.
Parents and teachers also contact emergency pastoral care to find out how to deal with their shattered children. It is then important to point out that people generally live in safety in Germany, but such things happen again and again, emphasized Lobenhofer. One of the tasks of emergency pastoral care is to counteract rumors and half-truths.
