Afghan Slits Throat of 85-Year-Old German While Waiting for Asylum
Pick your motivator:
Quran (8:39) – “And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion is all for Allah”
Quran (9:29) – “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day…
Quran (9:123) – “O you who believe! fight (kill) those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness.”
Quran (2:191-193) – “And kill them wherever you find them…
Tabari 9:69 “Killing Unbelievers is a small matter to us …
An Afghan asylum-seeker is accused of slitting an 85-year-old retiree’s throat while he slept. Prosecutors have called the German man’s daughter a key witness in the case.
A German court on Monday opened a trial against a 20-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker for murdering an 85-year-old sleeping pensioner last year in the small town of Wittenburg.
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The asylum seeker worked as a helper for the 85-year-old.
Spotlight on similar cases
Serious crimes that involve people who were among the almost 1 million migrants who came to Germany in the second half of 2015 regularly attract media attention.
Last year, riots were triggered in the eastern city of Chemnitz after a German-Cuban man was killed by alleged asylum-seekers. In the southwestern town of Kandel, the murder of a 15-year-old girl by an Afghan asylum-seeker also triggered months of anti-migrant protests.
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How long will the trial take?
The trial is expected to last seven days with a verdict due in May.