CID officers escort a handcuffed man into the Hildesheim district court shortly after 2 pm on Wednesday. He is wearing a disposable overall and protective mask, his skull is shaved short.
Here the knifeman from Burgdorf is brought to the magistrate’s court!
It is Hüseyin C. (37) from Wathlingen (Celle district). At around 4.45 p.m. on Tuesday, the refuse collector attacked his wife Esra (35) with a knife at the Feldstraße car park, killing her in front of shocked passers-by. A short time later, he surrendered to the police. Investigators found his knife (20-centimetre blade).
Now the Yazidi is in custody for murder. Presumed motive: revenge for the separation!
According to the newspaper BILD, Esra, the mother of his twin sons (16), had left him before. Matthias Waldraff, Hüseyin C.’s lawyer: “This is a tragedy of a special kind.”
Rubbish collector Hüseyin C. (37) did not make any statements about the murder allegation.
According to BILD information, eyewitnesses documented the moments of horror with their mobile phones.