Germany holds memorial for Aschaffenburg stabbing victims – DW – 01/26/2025
26 Jan 2025
The city of Aschaffenburg is holding a memorial service on Sunday after a man wielding a knife killed two people and seriously injured three more.
An Afghan asylum seeker who was due to be deported was arrested after the Wednesday attack, triggering renewed debate about immigration ahead of Germany's national general election next month.
The attacker targeted a group of children in a park, killing a 2-year-old Moroccan boy and a 41-year-old German man who was trying to protect the youngsters.
He wounded three others, among them a Syrian girl aged two, who sustained neck wounds.