Girl (14) dies after a knife attack in Illerkirchberg: the second victim reports on the course of events

Created: 2022-12-07 12:21 p.m

After a knife attack on the way to school, a 14-year-old succumbs to her injuries.

The public prosecutor issues an arrest warrant for murder.

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Update from December 7th, 11:36 a.m

.: The small town of Illerkirchberg (Alb-Donau-Kreis) is deeply shaken.

A 14-year-old girl has died after a brutal act of violence.

Her friend (13) is seriously injured in the hospital.

Much is still unclear.

The investigation is in full swing.

The 13-year-old victim is said to have already given the police details of the crime.

The perpetrator is said to have hit the two girls first, reports RTL.

Then he apparently attacked the two students with a knife and inflicted serious cuts on both of them.

An arrest warrant for murder and attempted murder has been issued against the suspect.

The 27-year-old comes from the civil war country Eritrea and is injured in a prison hospital, he has been silent so far.

According to their own statements, the police also found a knife on him, which comes into consideration as a murder weapon.

The bloody deed brings back memories of 2019. On Halloween night, a serious crime was committed against a young woman in Ilerkirchberg.

Great sadness in Illerkirchberg: deadly knife attack on girls shaken

Update from December 7th, 6.16 a.m

.: After the act of violence in Illerkirchberg, the horror and grief for Ece S. is great.

The 14-year-old was stabbed by a man on the way to school.

Her friend (13) is seriously injured and is in the hospital.

The two were on their way to the school bus on Monday morning when an asylum seeker from Eritrea attacked them with a knife, apparently out of nowhere.

The motive for the attack is initially unclear.

Attacker and victim did not know each other, at least that's what the investigators assume, according to the Ulm public prosecutor's office.

However, there were still evaluations of cell phones and chat logs there.

In addition, the questioning in the environment of the perpetrator and the victim continued.

An arrest warrant for murder has been issued for the suspect.

The 27-year-old is silent on the allegations.

Fatal knife attack on schoolgirl (14): public prosecutor issues arrest warrant for murder

Update from December 6, 8:37 p.m.:

On Tuesday evening, a funeral service for the 14-year-old girl who was killed took place in the cultural center of the Alevi community in Ulm.

Several hundred people attended the funeral service, as reported by the

.

The mother of the deceased girl had to be supported when entering the hall.

The member of parliament for the Greens, Ekin Deligöz, is one of the mourners.

She has known the family for years.

I stood in the playground with her father," said Deligöz.

"A child has left us." Grief, bewilderment and anger accompanied the funeral service.

“[She] was calm and incredibly kind.

Now she's dead. Her family hasn't realized that yet.

I don't get it yet," a family friend told

Candles and flowers at the scene where two girls were attacked with a knife.

© Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

"We are horrified and simply stunned and simply cannot find the words to express our grief," said community leader Yalcin Khan at the funeral service.

"We are deeply shocked and our thoughts are with the parents, to whom we would like to express our deepest condolences.

Rest in peace, little angel!”

Fatal knife attack on schoolgirl (14): public prosecutor issues arrest warrant for murder

Update from December 6, 5:15 p.m .:

The alleged attacker has still not commented on the fact.

He relied on the right to refuse to testify, as a spokesman for the public prosecutor said.

There is still no new knowledge about the motive of the perpetrator, as Michael Bischofberger, spokesman for the Ulm public prosecutor's office, explained to AFP on request.

Investigators assume that the attacker and the two girls did not know each other.

Cell phones and chat logs are still being evaluated.

The questioning of the perpetrator and victim environment is also ongoing.

With the opening of the arrest warrant, however, there are no sufficient reasons for placing the man in a psychiatric institution, at least for the time being.

"Certainly" there will be further psychiatric assessments of the man, as Bischofberger said.

According to the current status, however, it can be assumed that the man is guilty.

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Knife attack and arrest warrant for murder: what we know after the death of the 14-year-old - and what not

Update from December 6, 4:34 p.m

.: On Tuesday afternoon, one day after the attack on two schoolgirls in Illerkirchberg near Ulm, an arrest warrant was issued against the suspect.

According to the police and prosecutors, the 27-year-old is accused of murder and attempted murder.

The 14-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries on Monday.

The autopsy revealed that she bled to death from stab wounds.

The police found a knife on the 27-year-old that could have been used as a murder weapon.

As the investigators announced on Tuesday, the man did not comment on the allegations during the demonstration in the clinic, where he is due to his own injuries.

The 27-year-old from Eritrea is now in a prison hospital.

Illerkirchberg: Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Basar Sen demands complete clarification and visits the family

Update from December 6th, 2:57 p.m

.: The Turkish ambassador Ahmet Basar Sen has demanded a complete clarification of the attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg.

The crime had greatly unsettled the Turkish community, he said when he visited the crime scene on Tuesday.

"Who is this?

Who did that?

Will it be cleared up?” All these questions should now be clarified.

According to his own statements, the ambassador visited the family of the deceased girl on Tuesday morning.

Ahmet Basar Sen said he expressed the sympathy of the Turkish community to the parents. The attack came as a shock to everyone.

Illerkirchberg News: So far no indication of the political or religious motive of the perpetrator

Update from December 6th, 2:32 p.m

.: After the fatal attack on the way to school on two girls in Illerkirchberg near Ulm, there is no evidence of a political or religious motive.

The background to the crime, in particular the motive, is unclear up to now, said Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) on Tuesday during a visit to the crime scene.

"At this point I would like to say very clearly: We have no knowledge of a political or religious motivation for this crime."

Baden-Württemberg, Illerkirchberg: Thomas Strobl (3rd from right, CDU), Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg, and Ahmet Basar Sen (4th from right), Ambassador of Turkey in Germany, stand at the scene of a knife attack on two girls during a minute's silence laid flowers and candles © Bernd Weißbrod/dpa-Bildfunk

Perpetrators from Illerkirchberg have not yet been noticed by violent crimes

Update from December 6, 2:10 p.m

.: The alleged perpetrator of the deadly school route attack from Illerkirchberg has never been noticed by the authorities through violent crimes.

He was only caught once driving without a ticket and was not otherwise known to the police, a spokesman for the Ulm public prosecutor told the

.

As reported by

, Ulm's chief of police, Weber, said: "We don't know what made him commit this terrible act.

Assumptions are useless.” And further: “He has a residence permit and is entitled to stay here in Germany.

He was accommodated in the community center as part of the accommodation.” The townspeople need not be afraid: “There is no reason to be afraid and not to send the children to school.

I assume it was a one-off act, an ad hoc act.”

The public prosecutor's office reports on the second victim that the girl is receiving medical care, but that her psychological situation is very difficult.

This was said by the spokesman for the public prosecutor's office.

She learned that her friend had been killed.

The 14-year-old victim from Illerkirchberg: family was a member of the Alevi community in Ulm

Update from December 6, 1:59 p.m

.: The Alevi community in Ulm, to which the killed girl and her family apparently belonged, had already announced a funeral service for the 14-year-old on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

“Unfortunately, in shock and horror, we have to tell you about the death of our much too young angel.

We can't find words, we can't even imagine her family's pain," the community wrote on Facebook.

Apparently, both of the girl's grandfathers are members of the community, because condolences are expressed to them by name.

Knife attack in Illerkirchberg: Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Kretschmann warns

Update from December 6, 1:32 p.m

.: After the act of violence in Illerkirchberg, Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister warned against jumping to conclusions.

"I can only warn against making any connections before the crime is even cleared up," said Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) on Tuesday in Stuttgart.

Nothing is known about the motives.

The state government takes the moods that are sometimes stirred up seriously, which is why Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) is also driving to the scene.

Winfried Kretschmann (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Prime Minister of BW, warns against hasty conclusions in the Illerkirchberg case © Bernd Weißbrod / dpa

Kretschmann did not want to see any connection with the upcoming refugee summit in Baden-Württemberg.

First of all, it is a terrible act in the life of the students.

"We feel especially with the relatives." The surviving student was shocked and probably affected for her whole life.

After alleged murder in Illerkirchberg - first political consequences in Ulm

Update from December 6, 1:00 p.m

.: According to reports in the Southwest Press, a meeting in the region that dealt with the issue of housing refugees was broken off at the end of November.

According to this, several people had caused "unrest" before the local council meeting in Gögglingen-Donaustetten and scolded them because they could no longer get into a meeting room because of the large crowds.

Mayor Eva-Maria Emmenecker called the events "terrifying".

After the violent death of a 14-year-old and the serious injury allegedly caused by a man from a local refugee shelter, the city of Ulm is now taking action.

The local council meeting in Gögglingen-Donaustetten was canceled, and the corresponding agenda items were postponed at two other meetings, as reported by the

.

“This terrible act upsets us all.

We are horrified by what happened, which seems completely incomprehensible and pointless to us.

The shock of this brutal act runs deep.

In this situation, it is impossible and also unreasonable for all sides to have an objective discussion," said Ulm Mayor Gunter Czisch (CDU).

Holding a public event on this topic in a hall at this time "would mean accepting an escalation that the elected officials cannot be expected to face either," says Czsich.

However, the members of the local council should be able to have an objective debate and decision.

The meeting will take place: "The goals remain." These steps have nothing to do with wanting to duck away and not asking critical questions from the citizens.

Furthermore, the mayor of Ulm asks people to "stop now".

And he expresses his condolences to the victims and the family on behalf of the city: "Our thoughts are with the families of the two victims who are dealing with what was done to their children."

After the knife attack in Illerkirchberg, two other men are free again

Update from December 6, 12:32 p.m .:

In addition to the alleged perpetrator, two other men were arrested on Monday after the fatal attack on the way to school from Illerkirchberg.

They are both free again, as a spokesman for the Ulm public prosecutor's office confirmed to the

on Tuesday.

The suspicion against the two men was not substantiated, so that they were released again.

However, the alleged suspect relied on his right to refuse to testify.

There is still no information on the motive.

In the course of Tuesday it will be known whether an arrest warrant will be issued against the man.

The spokesman said that he currently had no evidence of any mental impairment.

Commemoration at the crime scene: Interior Minister Strobl (CDU) and the Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Basar Sen in Illerkirchberg

Update from December 6, 11:45 a.m

.: After the fatal attack on a 14-year-old girl in Illerkirchberg, Baden-Württemberg, the state’s interior minister, Thomas Strobl (CDU), together with the Turkish ambassador Ahmet Basar Sen, wants to visit the crime scene on Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, the girl killed had German citizenship and a Turkish migration background.

The ambassador travels from Berlin by plane.

At 12.30 p.m., the ambassador and Strobl wanted to meet the local mayor in the local town hall and then gather at the crime scene for a minute's silence.

Knife attack at UIm: Perpetrator will be heard on Tuesday morning

Update from December 6, 10:58 a.m

.: The investigators for the deadly knife attack in Illerkirchberg heard the suspect on Tuesday morning.

The 27-year-old suspect has not yet given any information on the matter.

A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.

The man was still in the hospital with serious injuries under police guard and underwent hours of surgery.

A police spokesman had previously said he may have injured himself with the knife.

Illerkirchberg: What are the consequences after the crime in Ulm

The public prosecutor's office is currently examining whether they have applied for an arrest warrant or whether there are indications of reduced or excluded criminal responsibility, which would possibly result in placement in a psychiatric clinic.

But first a short report is needed, said the spokesman for the public prosecutor's office.

As far as he knows, the second girl who was attacked spent the night in the hospital and was medically cared for, the spokesman said.

The 13-year-old was injured so badly that in her case there may also be suspicion of attempted murder.

Your mental state is difficult to assess, there was an offer of emergency pastoral care.

Cabinet in Baden-Württemberg commemorates the victims of Illerkirchberg

Update from December 6, 10:33 a.m

.: The cabinet in Baden-Württemberg thought of the victims of the Illerkirchberg act of violence.

Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) reported to the cabinet about the incident and the status of the investigation, the dpa learned from the meeting on Tuesday.

The CDU politician asked his cabinet colleagues for a moment of remembrance.

Illerkirchberg: Neighbors send words of condolence to the family of the 14-year-olds who were killed

Update from December 6, 10:21 a.m

.: The community of Illerkirchberg is also mourning online.

On the FB page "Schwarzes Brett Illerkirchberg" the citizens of the community exchanged days before about a kitten that had arrived, looking for an apartment and the late mail.

Now you can see pictures of burning candles.

"Time to pause," writes one woman.

"Our heartfelt condolences, we are shocked and stunned.

We are infinitely sad and can't believe it. Our thoughts are with you, your neighborhood," writes a man, probably addressed to the victim's family.

The town sign of the Oberkichberg district of Illerkirchberg.

© Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

"Incomprehensible and shocked by today's act on our street," writes another woman.

"Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.

We hope the girlfriend pulls through!

A young life wiped out just like that!

Stunned and angry too!

14 years old with the whole life ahead of him.”

School children in Ulm: After the death of a 14-year-old, the community of Illerkirchberg mourns

Update from December 6, 9:41 a.m.:

One day after killing a girl on the way to school, the grief in Illerkirchberg (near Ulm) is great.

As the SWR reports, hundreds of people gathered at the scene of the crime in the evening to express their sadness and sympathy.

Flowers were laid and candles were lit.

Sometimes the shock and sadness turned to anger.

Candles and flowers are at the crime scene in Illerkirchberg, where two girls were attacked with a knife on Monday and a 14-year-old died.

© Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

Among the mourners was the mayor of the community, Markus Häußler (independent).

He told the SWR that they now want to help the family of the dead and wait for the rest of the investigation.

The suspect is a 27-year-old man who lived in the local accommodation for asylum seekers and is from Eritrea.

Knife attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg - suspect under police guard in the hospital

Update from December 6, 6:28 a.m

.: After the deadly knife attack on two schoolgirls in Illerkirchberg, the investigators are faced with the task of finding out the motive of the attacker.

"Now the public prosecutor's office and the police are investigating why the two girls were attacked and whether the suspect and the two girls knew each other beforehand," the authorities said.

The suspect, a 27-year-old asylum seeker from Eritrea, is also in the hospital, as is the girlfriend of the 14-year-old who was killed.

The man was probably injured with the knife, said a police spokesman.

Whether accidental or intentional is not yet clear.

"We will fully clarify this terrible act," announced the Baden-Württemberg Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Strobl.

"This act moves us deeply when the life of an innocent child is so brutally wiped out," said the CDU politician.

"Our thoughts are with the parents, the family, the survivors of those who died, as well as the young girl's classmates and friends during these difficult hours."

Knife attack on two girls - attacker ran out of asylum seeker accommodation

Update from December 5, 6.45 p.m

.: The perpetrator is said to be a 27-year-old man.

According to the police and the public prosecutor's office, the attacker came from a neighboring accommodation for asylum seekers on Monday morning and fled there again after the crime.

"When the police searched it with special forces, they found three residents there, all asylum seekers from Eritrea," it said.

The police found a knife on the 27-year-old that could have been used as a murder weapon.

"The suspect is currently under police guard in a hospital." The officers would have taken the other two men to the office.

In the statement, the police asked "not to have any general suspicion against strangers, those seeking protection or asylum seekers or to encourage or support such suspicions".

Attack on two girls on the way to school: The perpetrator probably attacked with a knife

Update from December 5, 6:12 p.m

.: According to the investigators’ initial findings, the two girls in Illerkirchberg near Ulm were probably attacked with a knife.

"After the attack, the 14-year-old had to be revived at the scene before she was taken to the clinic, where she died despite all medical efforts," police and prosecutors said on Monday evening.

A 13-year-old was seriously injured.

Update from December 5, 4:01 p.m

.: According to information from

, the house to which the alleged perpetrator fled is said to be accommodation for refugees.

The police have not confirmed this information.

There are still no further details about the attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg (Baden-Württemberg, near Ulm) on Monday morning.

A press release is expected in the afternoon.

Attack on two girls on the way to school - eyewitness reports to SWR about attack "without reason"

Update from December 5, 3:26 p.m

.: Compared to the SWR, an eyewitness reported what was happening in Illerkirchberg in the morning that he had heard noises near a traffic light: “The girl was bleeding on the ground with a huge stab wound in her stomach.

A second had injuries below the chest, a stab wound.

She was completely devastated.”

The second girl reported to him that a man had come out of a house and had hit the classmate for no reason.

Then the man is said to have stabbed her in the stomach and fled back into the house.

The police did not confirm the statements made by the witnesses.

Illerkirchberg: 14-year-old girl succumbs to her injuries

Knife attack on the way to school: Two girls were attacked and injured by a man on the open road in Oberkirchberg in the Alb-Donau district.

© Ralf Zwiebler/dpa

Update from December 5, 2:42 p.m

.: The 14-year-old girl who was attacked with a knife on the way to school in Illerkirchberg succumbed to her injuries.

A spokesman for the police headquarters in Ulm confirmed this to

.

More detailed information has not yet been announced, "the investigations are in full swing".

After an attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg - no impact on the neighboring elementary school

Update vom 5. Dezember, 13.14 Uhr: Nach dem Angriff auf zwei Mädchen in Illerkirchberg (Alb-Donau-Kreis) ist zunächst noch vieles unklar. Nach bisherigen Erkenntnissen sind die beiden Mädchen im Alter von 13 und 14 Jahren auf dem Weg in die Schule gegen 7.30 Uhr von einem Mann angegriffen und verletzt worden. Sie wurden schwer verletzt in ein Krankenhaus gebracht.

Der Angriff auf zwei Mädchen in Illerkirchberg (Alb-Donau-Kreis) hatte nach Polizeiangaben keine Auswirkungen auf eine benachbarte Grundschule. „Es gab entgegen von Gerüchten keinen Amokalarm in einer Schule“, sagte ein Polizeisprecher am Montag auf Nachfrage. Die beiden Verletzten seien auch nicht im Grundschulalter. Die Schülerinnen waren offenbar auf dem Weg zum Bus in eine Nachbargemeinde.

Der mutmaßliche Täter soll in ein benachbartes Wohnhaus geflüchtet sein. Die Polizei traf dort auf drei Menschen, darunter soll auch der mutmaßliche Täter sein. Weitere Details zum Angriff, dem Motiv und den Verletzten waren zunächst unklar.

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Oberkirchberg – Zwei Mädchen sind am Montagmorgen auf dem Weg in die Schule in Illerkirchberg (Baden-Württemberg) von einem Mann angegriffen worden. Die Polizei ist mit einem Großaufgebot vor Ort. Das berichtet der SWR. Die beiden Mädchen sind demnach schwer verletzt in ein Krankenhaus geliefert worden.

Messer-Attacke auf offener Straße: Zwei Mädchen auf Schulweg schwer verletzt

The alleged perpetrator is said to have fled to a house.

According to the SWR report, the police arrested three people, including the suspect.

A special task force surrounded the building.

At the same time roadblocks took place.

Drones were also used to get an overview.

Knife attack on the way to school: Two girls were attacked and injured by a man on the open road in Oberkirchberg in the Alb-Donau district.

© Ralf Zwiebler/dpa

Knife attack on the way to school: Two girls seriously injured

The police initially gave no information about the exact state of health of the two injured girls.

The two injured were not of primary school age, said a police spokesman on Monday when asked by the dpa news agency.

The police are also initially silent on the identity of the suspect.

Forensics are still on site.

“Right now we are all in shock.

We're just waiting to see what the further investigations by the police reveal," said Markus Häußler, Mayor of the municipality of Oberkirchberg, to the radio station Donau3FM.

Emergency pastors are therefore on duty and take care of the relatives and students together with the community.