Three women are dead, several people injured: the knife attack in Würzburg shook Germany. Hundreds of victims are commemorating a week after the crime.
Würzburg – A week after the fatal knife attack in Würzburg, hundreds of people in the city center thought of the victims with a human chain.
The participants lined up near the crime scene from the Julius promenade to the town hall, as the police announced. Among them was Würzburg’s Bishop Franz Jung. At 5 p.m., the approximate time of the crime, the bell of Kilians Cathedral rang as a call to prayer. People held flowers in their hands and signs with the words “Würzburg mourns” and “Würzburg holds together” – also in English, Arabic and other languages.
They also want to show solidarity with the people who are now exposed to prejudice and agitation, as well as respect for the courageous helpers, rescue workers and pastors, it was said in advance of the Würzburg Alliance for Democracy and Civil Courage, which helped organize the funeral event. Commemorative rallies from the political spectrum were planned for the evening, including from the AfD.
Last Friday, a 24-year-old Somali stabbed three women in a department store and injured seven people, some of them life-threatening. The motive is still unclear. The 24-year-old had previously repeatedly shown mental health problems. According to Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU), there are also indications of a possible Islamist motive. dpa
