KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The German police say that they have arrested a 19-year-old Afghan immigrant on charges of attacking and injuring a 41-year-old Ukrainian woman with a knife in Frankfurt, Germany.
As reported by the German Deutsche Welle (DW), the incident occurred on Monday afternoon, June 10, when the young man approached the woman from behind as she was sitting in a park and attacked her with a knife.
According to the report, the man grabbed the woman by the shoulder and stabbed her several times in the head and neck. Despite the victim’s efforts to escape, she was attacked again when she fell to the ground.
The German police has said that passersby intervened to rescue the victim from the assailant. Following the attack, the assailant attempted to flee the scene but was apprehended by the police while hiding among the bushes.
This marks the second knife attack by an immigrant of Afghanistan origin in Germany in recent days. On Friday, May 31, a young man originally from Afghanistan attacked a gathering of “Pax Europa,” a far-right group opposing Islam in Europe, killing a police officer and injuring six civilians.
The attacker, identified as Sulaiman Ataee, was a 25-year-old man born in Afghanistan and a resident of Heppenheim. He had been living in Germany since the age of 15.
After the previous attack, some German officials have called for the deportation of refugees.
Speaking in the German parliament last week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that his country will not tolerate religious extremists or criminals who exploit the country’s laws protecting refugees.
“Such criminals should be deported even if they come from Syria and Afghanistan. Serious criminals and terrorists have no place here. In such cases the security interests of Germany outweigh the perpetrator’s interests in protection,” Mr. Scholz said.
Similarly, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced that the government was considering deporting Afghan citizens who pose a threat to Germany’s national security.
However, in response to the previous incidents, dozens of Afghan citizens in Germany have organized rallies across the country, expressing solidarity with the family of the killed police officer and condemning the violent act.
Participants in the rallies emphasized that the individual who committed the crime does not represent the people of Afghanistan and Afghan immigrants. They voiced their support for German police and the country’s policies on combating crime and terrorism.
