Woman fighting for life after Syrian asylum seeker children follow her home and stab her
A WOMAN is fighting for her life after being surrounded by a group of Syrian child asylum seekers and stabbed as she walked home.
By ALLAN HALL
Express.co.uk
Mon, Mar 26, 2018
The 24-year-old woman underwent an emergency operation after the attack but is still in a critical condition today. According to German news organisation North German Broadcasting Corporation (NDR), she is in a medically-induced coma.
Police said she and a friend were in a supermarket on Saturday night in the small town of Burgwedel near Hanover, Germany, when she got into an argument with two Syrians aged 13 and 14.
Things calmed down and they left the store. But they crossed paths half an hour later, this time with a 17-year-old boy with the two children.
The trio confronted the woman and continued the argument which escalated.
Focus.de claims the woman tried to diffuse the situation, but a fight broke out and she was stabbed.
One of the youngsters allegedly pulled a knife and plunged it into the woman.
All three fled but were found soon after by police.
The 17-year-old and the 14-year-old have been charged with attempted murder, the youngest of the trio was released without charge.
Locals said they were now scared to walk in the town.
One woman told German news channel NDR: “It’s terrible, I’m afraid now to walk around on foot, I’d prefer taking my bike or something.”
Another said: “We are a bit afraid, but not so much that I wouldn’t leave the house anymore.”
Kathrin Pfeiffer of the local police department, said: “The two groups got into a fight again and the verbal fight turned physical. During this brawl the 24-year-old woman intervened and was stabbed.
“The exact background to the fight inside the supermarket and also the later fight are not known.
“The attackers are a 14 year old and a 17 year old. We still have to figure out who was holding the knife. The 13 year old was present and is a witness.”
The attack is one of a number of increasingly common knife attacks in Germany.
A fortnight ago a 17-year-old Afghan boy was arrested on suspicion of murdering his 16-year-old girlfriend in Flensburg with a switchblade.
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