A 14-year-old girl was killed and another teenager was injured when a 27-year-old man allegedly attacked them with a knife on Monday morning in Illerkirchberg, a small town in southern Germany about 80 miles west of Munich.
The two girls were on their way to school around 7:30 when they were attacked. Emergency medical personnel transported them to a local hospital, where the 14-year-old girl died of her injuries. The 13-year-old girl was being treated for serious but not life threatening injuries.
Police forensic markers are placed at the crime scene on a footpath where two girls were attacked on their way to school in Illerkirchberg, Germany.
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A 14-year-old girl was killed and a 13-year-old boy was seriously injured in the knife attack.
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Police in the nearby city of Ulm said the 27-year-old suspect “came from a nearby asylum seeker accommodation and had fled there again after the crime”.
“When the police searched it with special forces, they found three residents there, all asylum seekers from Eritrea,” Ulm police said.
Police vehicles parked at the crime scene in Illerkirchberg, Germany.
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Authorities found a knife on the suspect, which they believe was the murder weapon. The suspect is currently being treated in an injury hospital.
It is unclear whether the attacker knew the two victims and police are still investigating the motive.
