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After the attack on two schoolgirls in Baden-Württemberg, an arrest warrant has been issued against the suspect for murder and attempted murder. The attack killed a 14-year-old and seriously injured a 13-year-old girl. The 27-year-old suspected attacker invoked his right to refuse to testify, says a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office. The man is now in a prison hospital.

The Eritrean is said to have attacked and seriously injured two girls on their way to school in Illerkirchberg near Ulm on Monday. One of the victims later died in hospital. The autopsy revealed that the 14-year-old bled to death from stab wounds. Police found a knife on the 27-year-old that could have been used as a murder weapon.

The man had never been spotted by the authorities for violent crimes – he was caught only once as a fare fare driver and was otherwise unknown to the police. There is no evidence of a political or religious motivation, Baden-Württemberg Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) said during a visit to the crime scene.

In addition to the serious physical injuries, the 13-year-old is also not doing well mentally, according to the spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office. In the meantime, the girl had learned that his girlfriend had been murdered. The crime will also affect the 13-year-old, Strobl stressed. The green-black cabinet in the southwest held a minute’s silence for the victims of the violence.

The suspect was taken to hospital with serious injuries and operated for hours. During the demonstration at the clinic, the man gave no information to the judge. The motive of the man is therefore still unclear. The spokesman for the public prosecutor said in the morning that he had not yet received any information about the intellectual disability of the suspect.

After the crime, the man would have fled to a refugee reception center, where he would have come from before the attack. There were two other men from Eritrea whom officials initially brought to the office. The two men were later released. The suspicion against her has not been substantiated.

“Now the 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 law could also have a political dimension, as an asylum seeker is considered a suspect. Several AfD politicians responded to this on Monday. Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) warned against jumping to conclusions: “I can only warn against making connections before the crime is cleared up.” Strobl also called for caution: “This event should not be a reason or justification for hatred and hatred,” he said. This offense should be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrator severely punished.

The police asked “not to foster or encourage or support any general suspicion against foreign nationals, protection seekers or asylum seekers in general”. AfD politicians such as group leader Alice Weidel, in turn, addressed precisely this aspect in statements.

The murdered girl had German nationality and a Turkish migration background, the Interior Ministry said. Turkey’s ambassador, Ahmet Basar Sen, called for a full investigation into the crime, which had greatly upset the Turkish community. According to his own statements, the ambassador had visited the family of the deceased girl in the morning. He expressed the condolences of the Turkish community to the parents, said the senator. The attack came as a shock to everyone. (saw/sda/dpa)