The prosecutor's office is investigating the circumstances of the attack near the railway station in Sarstedt in Lower Saxony, where on Monday A 61-year-old man died after being stabbed.
The victim turned out to be the owner of a nearby hotel used to house refugees. According to investigators, 35-year-old from Iraq A hotel resident got into an argument with the owner of the facility and then stabbed him. The 61-year-old died at the scene.
“A knife was found near the scene, but investigators are still not sure if it was the murder weapon” – reports “Spiegel”.
Knife attack in Lower Saxony. Investigators catch perpetrator
The attack took place on Monday morning in Lower Saxony, south of Hanover. Initially, the attacker fled the scene. The services conducted a manhunt.
Thanks to witness statements and surveillance footage, investigators located the suspect that same evening.
Man He was arrested at around 9:15 p.m. in Sarstedton the premises belonging to the company.
Germany. Tragic series. More knife attacks
After the tragedy in Solingen, where a 26-year-old Syrian fatally injured three people during a summer festival, Germany There are further knife attacks.
Only in the last week of August there were tragic attacks in Berlin: on Wednesday A 33-year-old woman was killed by her ex-husbandwho attacked her with a knife. Just two days later, another a woman was attacked with a knife in the hallway of a high-rise building.
Despite the quick reaction, the injured woman died in hospital as a result of her injuries. The services did not arrest the perpetrator until the following day.