A Syrian migrant has been charged with stabbing his estranged wife and daughter on a playground in the German city of Hersbruck last July. It is unclear why the charges in the case took so long to be issued, but prosecutors and the judge have not yet decided whether there will be a trial.
The suspect stabbed his wife several times in the head and upper body. When his 15-year-old daughter tried to stop him, she was also stabbed in the stomach and arm.
The woman and her daughter were said to have only survived due to the intervention of emergency services, as both had to undergo emergency surgery, according to German newspaper Antenne.de
The prosecutor’s office has charged a 40-year-old man with a knife attack on his estranged wife and daughter on a playground in Middle Franconia. He is accused of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm in three cases, said a spokeswoman for the prosecution.
A Syrian migrant has been charged with stabbing his estranged wife and daughter on a playground in the German city of Hersbruck last July. It is unclear why the charges in the case took so long to be issued, but prosecutors and the judge have not yet decided whether there will be a trial.
The suspect stabbed his wife several times in the head and upper body. When his 15-year-old daughter tried to stop him, she was also stabbed in the stomach and arm.
The woman and her daughter were said to have only survived due to the intervention of emergency services, as both had to undergo emergency surgery, according to German newspaper Antenne.de
The prosecutor’s office has charged a 40-year-old man with a knife attack on his estranged wife and daughter on a playground in Middle Franconia. He is accused of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm in three cases, said a spokeswoman for the prosecution.
The suspect is said to have stabbed the woman several times in the head and upper body in Hersbruck last July. According to the prosecutor’s office, she only survived thanks to an emergency operation. The Syrian is also said to have stabbed his 15-year-old daughter in the stomach and injured her arm when she tried to stop him from committing the crime. She also had to undergo emergency surgery.
The woman and her daughter were likely saved by a friend of the mother, who intervened and suffered cuts when she tried to pull the Syrian away, according to the public prosecutor’s office. The 12-year-old son also jumped in and tried to hold his father back, when a number of passers-by jumped in to stop the man as well.
The 40-year-old fled the scene on foot, but police were able to arrest him a short time later in the city center. He has been held in custody since the attack but has made no statements to the police.
The public prosecutor argues the attempted murder happened because ” the ex-partner did not want to accept the separation due to excessive possessiveness.”
Germany has been hit with a wave of stabbings within the last week. On Sunday, a 21-year-old Iranian migrant stabbed a 63-year-old woman while the woman was out walking her dog in the port city of Wismar.
The victim suffered a leg wound but her life is not in danger. The police found the knife still on the man, but there is no motive yet known.
The Iranian will likely be placed in a rehab center or a psychiatric clinic for now, according to police. The Iranian is known for other crimes, but the details of these crimes have not yet been released.
Also this week, Somali double-murderer Liban M., who killed Jonas S. and Sascha K. in a drugstore in October 2022, has now stabbed another occupant in his psychiatric facility in Klingenmünster, resulting in multiple stab wounds that were not life-threatening. An attempted murder case has been opened.