About a week after an attack on the sidelines of Christopher Street Day, a young man has succumbed to his injuries. The police arrested a 20-year-old man.
Update from September 2, 7 p.m.: After the deadly attack on the sidelines of the CSD in Münster, the police arrested a 20-year-old in the evening. The public prosecutor’s office has now released further details. The public prosecutor wants to apply for an arrest warrant for bodily harm resulting in death. The suspect is due to be brought before Saturday.
The man from Münster has not yet commented on the allegation, said senior public prosecutor Dirk Ollech. An unknown companion of the man, who is said to have fled with him after the crime, is also being investigated. “He may have been involved in the insults,” Ollech said.
After an attack on the edge of the Münster CSD: the police arrested a man (20).
Update from September 2, 6:15 p.m .: In the case of the fatal attack on a 25-year-old on the sidelines of a CSD meeting in Münster, the police arrested a suspect. It was a 20-year-old man, said the Münster police on Friday. The police had previously searched for a slender man with a fishing hat (see initial report).
The case and the news of his death caused consternation far beyond Münster. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) was dismayed by the death of the 25-year-old. She tweeted: “A young man is beaten to death for wanting to help others. On a #CSD. In the middle of Germany. In the year 2022. That leaves me stunned and infinitely sad. “We must oppose such hate violence with all severity.”
Attack on the edge of the CSD: 25-year-old dies after he came to the aid of several women
First report from September 2, 12:19 p.m .: Münster – He wanted to help several women at a Christopher Street Day meeting, a young man now paid for his courage with his life. About a week after a 25-year-old came to the aid of several women to protect him, he died in a clinic.
Attack on the edge of the CSD: 25-year-old succumbs to serious injuries
As the police and prosecutors announced on Friday, the 25-year-old man, who was knocked down on the sidelines of the Christopher Street Day meeting in Münster, succumbed to his serious injuries early Friday morning. He intervened protectively when an unknown man insulted participants in the event. The stranger then hit the 25-year-old to the ground.
As police witnesses later reported, the suspect is said to have insulted the women as “lesbian whores”, and the stranger is said to have said “piss off” to the women and approached them threateningly. The 25-year-old had noticed the threatening situation and asked the troublemaker to refrain from the insults. “The young man’s efforts to mediate are said to have been the trigger for the attack,” police and prosecutors said on Friday.
Christopher Street Day: Police are looking for a slight man with a fishing hat
According to earlier investigators, the 25-year-old lost his balance before another punch hit him in the face. Then the 25-year-old lost consciousness and hit his head on the asphalt. After the attack he was taken to the hospital, after all he was in an artificial coma.
There is still no trace of the attacker, he is described as 18 to 20 years old and fled on foot with a companion. According to witnesses, the slight man wore flared jeans, a T-shirt and a bucket hat. The police are looking for him and are looking for other witnesses.
