The incoming German mayor discovered at residence with stab wounds named her daughter as a suspect within the assault, police have stated.
Officers stated that Iris Stalzer – attributable to take workplace subsequent month in Herdecke, within the Ruhr area, after being elected on 28 September – was discovered with a number of stab wounds on Tuesday.
German police stated Ms Stalzer is now in a steady situation, and was discovered sitting in a chair with a number of stab wounds earlier than being taken to hospital in a helicopter.
Emergency providers had been alerted shortly after noon by her 17-year-old daughter, who reported that Ms Stalzer had been critically wounded outdoors her home in an tried theft.
Each the mayor-elect’s daughter and 15-year-old son had been taken into custody.
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An adolescent was seen being put right into a police van. Pic: AP
In an replace on Wednesday, police investigator Jens Rautenberg stated Ms Stalzer pointed to her daughter because the suspect throughout questioning.
Officers additionally decided that the assault appeared to have occurred indoors, discovered two knives and clothes believed to have been used, and decided there was no signal of a political motive.
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Iris Stalzer
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Prosecutor Bernd Haldorn stated he considers it a case of bodily hurt, and officers intend to launch the kids and put them within the palms of youth welfare.
That workplace may then determine on additional measures whereas the investigation continues.
Ms Stalzer – an employment lawyer – is a part of the centre-left Social Democrats and beat a centre-right Christian Democrat candidate to safe her new job.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz responded to the assault on social media and stated: “It must be swiftly investigated. We fear for the life of the mayor-designate and hope for her full recovery.”
