Police officer stabbed to death in Mannheim, Germany

The 29-year-old agent was in a coma after being attacked by a man of Afghan nationality during an anti-Islam rally in Germany.

He Police stabbed him during a rally Famous anti-Islamist politicians in the German city of Mannheim, south of Frankfurt, He died this Sundaytwo days after the attack. The attacker, a A man of Afghan nationality attacked with knife to agent and four other people, as reported by the federal prosecutor’s office. Several politicians in Germany have been attacked by political opponents in recent weeks, a climate of unprecedented violence in the country.

The Criminal Investigation Office of Baden-Württemberg has reported this Agent dies, age 29Which was Emergency Operations And he went into a coma due to a knife injury to the head. This Friday, his colleagues paid tribute to him in a ceremony held at the place where the attack took place.

Initial investigations suggest the attacker, who was born in Afghanistan but had been living in Germany since 2014, had Islamist motives; the aim of the attack was Michael Stürzenbergeris a famous militant of Pax Europa political group, of the ideology of far right,

Stürzenberger, who is still hospitalized, was first stabbed as he was preparing to intervene at an event on Mannheim’s market square.

The arrested attacker is admitted in hospital after being shot

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his condolences to family members in a message on his X (Twitter) account and called for “maximum recognition” for the agent’s work. “I am Deep shock On learning that the brave police officer has succumbed to his injuries The terrible attack in Mannheim”, Scholz wrote. “My condolences are with his family,” he added.

The attacker, who was arrested for attempted murder, has not yet given a statement and is hospitalized after being shot by another agent. The deceased police officer was attacked from behind when in the middle of the attack he was shot. An attempt was made to settle the prevailing confusion One of the Pax Europa activists accidentally attacked another man, who had a quarrel with the attacker.

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