CENTRAL NEWS
A young Yazidi boy, 15-year-old Hussein Khalaf, who had fled with his family from Shengal to Germany after the ISIS genocide, was stabbed to death in Celle, Germany.
The Khalaf family had left the Shengal region in southern Kurdistan after the Yazidi genocide committed by the “Islamic State” (ISIS) on 3 August 2014.
The parents, along with their three daughters and three sons, entered Germany via Turkey and Greece in 2015 and settled in Celle, where many Yazidis live. Their 15-year-old son Arkan was stabbed to death on Tuesday evening in the city of Lower Saxony.
The investigation report is as follows:
“Yesterday evening at about 9.45 p.m., a 15-year-old youth was riding his bicycle down Bahnhofstraße (Train Station Street) towards the city when he was suddenly and unexpectedly, and also without reason, seriously injured by a 29-year-old man with a stabbing tool.
Eyewitnesses have reported that the perpetrator had previously stopped at the entrance to a house. The victim was taken to hospital and shortly afterwards succumbed to his severe injuries. The boy is of Iraqi origin and lives in Celle. The suspected perpetrator, who is of German nationality, was detained by witnesses and handed over to the arriving police officer, who provisionally arrested the man on suspicion of manslaughter.
There are as yet no concrete clues as to the accused’s motives. When he was arrested, the 29-year-old seemed confused. The accused, who is being represented by a lawyer, has not yet given any information on the matter. The investigation is ongoing.”
