US EditionAfghan given life sentence in Germany after fatal stabbing at anti-Islam rally
Sulaiman A., radicalized online and motivated by Islamist beliefs, was convicted of murder and five counts of attempted murder, with the court ruling out early release due to the crime's gravity.
- On September 16, a court in Germany handed down a life sentence to 26-year-old Afghan man Sulaiman A. for carrying out a knife attack in Mannheim in May 2024.
- In 2013, when he was just 14, Sulaiman A. entered Germany alongside his brother without their parents; although their applications for asylum were rejected, they were allowed to remain in the country as unaccompanied minors with residency permits and protection from deportation.
- During a rally organised by Pax Europa, Sulaiman A. attacked a speaker and demonstrators with a large hunting knife, fatally stabbing police officer Rouven L., aged 29.
- Judge Herbert Anderer explained that the attacker aimed to inflict maximum casualties by targeting police officers and intended to die as a martyr to gain entry to paradise.
- The court declared the crimes especially grave, barring parole, amid intensified government efforts to deport criminals to Taliban-run Afghanistan using scheduled flights.
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Afghan man gets life in German prison
An Afghan man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for a jihadist stabbing spree in Germany last year that killed a police officer and left five people wounded. The 26-year-old, only partially named as Sulaiman A. and found to be a supporter of the Islamic State group, committed the knife attack in May 2024 in the western city of Mannheim. The court convicted him of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm and judged his crimes t…
In the trial of the deadly stabbing attack on a police officer in Mannheim, the perpetrator has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Afghan given life sentence in Germany after fatal stabbing at anti-Islam rally
An Afghan national with suspected Islamist motives was sentenced to life in prison by a German court on Tuesday for stabbing a police officer to death and injuring five others at an anti-Islam rally last year.
Sulaiman A. explained that he was radicalized during social media exchanges and attributed his radicalization to the Israeli offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
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