Following the murder of a security guard at an asylum centre in Potsdam, police arrested a suspect at Berlin Zoo station on Thursday afternoon. The police and public prosecutor’s office did not want to give any details about the alleged perpetrator. ‘Until the police measures have been completed, details of the personal details and the circumstances of the offence cannot yet be given.’
However, the newspaper BZ reports that the alleged perpetrator is said to be a South African ‘trans woman’ – a man who believes he is a woman. The victim was a 33-year-old Syrian. In the victim’s country of origin, so-called trans people are severely ostracised and persecuted by the state.
The public prosecutor’s office applied to the Potsdam district court for an arrest warrant for manslaughter. ‘The accused will be brought before the investigating judge tomorrow.’
The security guard had been found with numerous stab wounds in the accommodation that morning. It was initially reported that the Syrian was only seriously injured. He later died from the injuries inflicted on him.
The police did not want to answer a enquiry from this newspaper as to whether the alleged perpetrator was a resident of the accommodation centre.