The killer was lurking at the exit of the dark railway tunnel. Then he mercilessly slaughtered his unsuspecting victim with a knife.
After a gruesome act of blood in the tranquil village of Kattenvenne (part of Lienen, district of Steinfurt, 1350 inhabitants), the homicide squad is hunting for Abdul Raman K. (45, photo). On Wednesday afternoon, the Syrian had ambushed an acquaintance († 55), with whom he had been quarrelling for some time, at the railway station in Münsterland.
When the man, who was arriving by train, came out of the tunnel, he stabbed him in the upper body and neck. The victim bled to death at the scene.
A passer-by saw the perpetrator running away and alerted the police and the emergency doctor. Raman Abdul K. probably fled with a grey Opel Zafira. The police found the car on Friday evening at the railway station in neighbouring Lengerich. A witness had discovered the car there.
“There is a possibility that the accused drove to the railway station in Lengerich in this car immediately after the crime,” the investigators explained. The police were looking for further witnesses who might have seen the 45-year-old Syrian at the station or on a train.
The exact background of the crime is still unclear. Please contact the police by calling 0251-2750.