Investigators are trying to ascertain the motive behind the attack and whether the girls and the attackers were known. Police said that doctors tried their best to save one of the two girls, but she succumbed to her injuries.
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A 14-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death by a man in Germany and another 13-year-old girl was injured in the attack. Both the girls were going to school at the time of the incident. The police informed about this. Police in the southwestern city of Ulm said the attack occurred at around 7.30 am in Ellerkirchberg. After this, both the girls were taken to the hospital, one of whom died during treatment.
“The doctors tried their best to save him, but he succumbed to his injuries,” the police said in a statement. Police said that a 13-year-old girl has also been seriously injured, but her life is not in danger. He is currently undergoing treatment in the hospital. Both the girls are citizens of Germany. Police said a 27-year-old man from a refugee shelter near the scene has been arrested in the case. This person is a citizen of Eritrea and a knife has also been recovered from him. This person is also injured. Two other people have also been detained in the case.
Germany’s Home Minister expressed grief
Investigators are trying to ascertain the motive behind the attack and whether the girls and the attackers were known. Expressing grief over the incident, Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Fazer tweeted, ‘I am saddened by the news of the death of a girl and wish the injured girl a speedy recovery. My condolences are with the families. In its statement, the police has appealed to the people not to harbor enmity against refugees and other foreigners and not to suspect them in any way.
‘Target Killing’ in Canada
At the same time, a 21-year-old Canadian-Sikh woman was shot dead in Canada’s Ontario province. Police told that it seems to be a case of ‘target killing’. The slain Sikh woman, identified as Pawanpreet Kaur of Brampton, was shot dead by an unknown assailant on Saturday night in Mississauga city of Ontario province. The incident took place after Indian-origin teenager Mehakpreet Sethi was stabbed to death by another teenager in the parking lot of a high school in Canada’s British Columbia province.
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(with agency inputs)
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