After the deadly assault on 20-year-old Philippos T. in Unhealthy Oeynhausen, a suspected offender was arrested. As the general public prosecutor introduced on Thursday, he was an 18-year-old Syrian identified to the police.
After the weekend hit, officers had been in a position to arrest the 18-year-old at his condominium late Wednesday night. He stays silent concerning the allegations. In keeping with the general public prosecutor’s workplace, the person comes from Syria. He has been dwelling in Germany since 2016 and moved to Unhealthy Oeynhausen final 12 months. He’s stated to have attracted consideration prior to now for violent, property and drug crimes. The accused is charged with homicide.
“Southern look”: Ten males needed
Police have beforehand requested for info from the general public. A bunch of about ten males had been searched. They need to all have a “southern look,” a police spokesperson instructed WDR.
Since police imagine the group was already out within the metropolis earlier than the violence, folks have been requested to test the images on their cellphones.
Did you’re taking group images, overview photographs? In every picture, the suspects could also be within the background, and coincidentally photographed.
police spokesman in Unhealthy Oeynhausen
Unhealthy Oeynhausen assault: Murder fee investigates
Philippos T., aged 20, who’s now deceased, and his 19-year-old companion apparently bought into an argument with the younger males. The victims are stated to have punched and kicked their victims.
The assault befell after a highschool commencement ceremony in an occasion location on the spa gardens in Unhealthy Oeynhausen. The victims had been mates and attended the commencement ball on the Minden Ratsgymnasium.
The 19-year-old man was solely barely injured within the assault on Sunday evening. Philippos T., nevertheless, suffered critical accidents and died in hospital on Tuesday.
Mayor of Unhealthy Oeynhausen: no act of violence instrumental
The mayor of Unhealthy Oeynhausen, Lars Bökenkröger (CDU) instructed WDR that he hoped that the one who dedicated the crime can be punished justly. “This act of violence can not stay as it’s. It’s unbelievable what occurred right here – the violence that the terrorist inflicted on the younger man.” It’s a supply of satisfaction that the perpetrator has now apparently been caught.
the mayor of Unhealthy Oeynhausen, Lars Bökenkröger
Bökenkröger stated it was “out of style” that the Unhealthy Oeynhausen crime was being politically exploited “by sure forces” with out information of the background. That does not assist anybody and it is insufferable for the household.
Referring to the assault in Unhealthy Oeynhausen and different actions, the federal chief of the AfD Weidel stated that the “violence of migrants in opposition to the Germans” had turn into “a horrible new regular. And we can not and can’t settle for it this normality.” Due to statements like these, the AfD has been accused of utilizing the brutal act to advance its political agenda.
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