Faeser on the police murder process: think of the victims

Created: 11/30/2022, 12:48 p.m

Nancy Faeser (SPD) speaks.

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After the verdict in the so-called police murder trial, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser recalled the victims of the crime at the beginning of the year.

The SPD politician said on Wednesday that she was primarily thinking of the victims of "this terrible act" on the occasion of the verdict.

The two police officers "were brutally and unscrupulously murdered in the line of duty".

Kaiserslautern – To this day, people are “appalled that what is supposed to be a routine check can turn into a deadly trap”.

The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer (SPD), said that the verdict marks the end of "a process that first and foremost put a strain on the relatives and friends, but also on the colleagues of the killed police officer."

Not only was a loved one taken away from you.

"The terrible events came back to me over and over again," said Dreyer.

According to Interior Minister Michael Ebling (SPD), the verdict cannot alleviate “the immeasurable suffering of the relatives”.

"Two people are missing.

My thoughts are with the bereaved and the members of our police family," said Ebling in Mainz.

The large number of expressions of condolence showed “how much this brutal and senseless act has moved people”.

As the murderer of the two police officers, a 39-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kaiserslautern district court on Wednesday.

The court also determined the particular gravity of the guilt.

A 24-year-old police officer and a 5-year-old police commissioner were shot in the head during the crime on a remote district road in the western Palatinate.

The bloody deed during a vehicle inspection had caused horror across the country.

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