Because a school friend did not return his love, a 19-year-old is said to have planned to take her hostage and kill her.
But when the girl's mother opened the door for him, everything turned out differently.
Cologne - A trial of attempted murder against a 19-year-old from Leverkusen begins today before the Cologne district court.
According to the indictment, he is said to have seriously injured the mother of a school friend with 26 stab wounds.
The background to the act in April was the unrequited love of the victim's daughter for the accused.
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After the young woman rejected him, he is said to have planned to take her hostage and then kill her and then himself.
When the 19-year-old German wanted to implement his plan and rang the doorbell at the friend's house, her mother opened the door.
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dpa
