It is a shocking accusation: Hussein M. (30) is said to have butchered two women to death with 38 stabs and cuts on July 9, 2022. The knife hit the heart, lungs, liver and tore apart the large intestine.
Charge: treacherous murder. Since Wednesday, the 30-year-old from Eritrea has had to stand trial before the Regional Court.
The motive: a broken love relationship with his compatriot Zahra H. († 23). The prosecutor: “She had withdrawn from him,” she said. “He felt exploited and offended by both women.”
Forensic experts recorded 18 stab and cut wounds on and in her body, one rib was broken twice by blows.
Because she could not escape from the flat in Elmshorn, Yusra B. († 19, also from Eritrea) also had to die – the accused stabbed her 20 times with the folding knife (9 cm blade length).
Hussein M. came to Germany five years ago as a refugee. He lived in Tuttlingen (Baden-Württemberg) until his arrest. He allegedly drove 810 kilometres to Schleswig-Holstein to commit the crime.
The accused remained silent on Wednesday. The trial will continue on January 23.