A 14-year-old girl was killed and another teenage girl was injured when a 27-year-old man allegedly attacked them with a knife 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 at around 7:30 am when they were attacked. Emergency medical personnel transported them to a local hospital, where the 14-year-old girl succumbed to her injuries. The 13-year-old girl was being treated for serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police forensic markers are placed at a crime scene on a road 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 stabbing attack.
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Police in the nearby city of Ulm said the 27-year-old suspect “had come from a neighboring accommodation for asylum seekers and 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 a crime scene in Illerkirchberg, Germany.
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Authorities found a knife on the suspect, which they believe to be the murder weapon. The suspect is currently being treated at a hospital for injuries.
It is not clear if the attacker knew the two victims and the police are still investigating the motive.
