Honour killing stories 2019

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Julia
born: 1986
stabbed: January 26, 2019
Residence: Arnsberg / Sauerland
Origin: Perpetrator: Kazakhstan
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (32 or 42 years old at the time)

On January 26, 2019, a Kazakh guy breaks into his ex-girlfriend's apartment in Arnsberg. He stabs her. Neighbors call the ambulance service. Julia comes to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and undergoes emergency surgery.

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Milad A.
born: 1994
Shot dead: January 26, 2019
Residence: Salzgitter
Origin: Victim: Iraq; Perpetrator: Syria / Kurds
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: Alaa A., the brother (33 years old at the time of the crime) of his girlfriend

Milad is a Christian from Iraq. He works as a hairdresser in Salzgitter and is together with a Syrian woman who is Muslim.Her family doesn't like it because she is "promised" to a cousin. There are several lawsuits pending, which are not yet closed.

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Heba A.
born: 1997
stabbed: 23 January 2019
Residence: Altenstadt an der Waldnaab (Oberpfalz)
Origin: Syria
Children: 2 (6 months and 4 years at that time)
Perpetrator: her partner Bandar S. (27 years)

Heba has her first child at the age of 18, they live in Germany since 2017. There she will have another child, who is 6 months old. On January 23, 2019 she is stabbed to death in her apartment. Around 3 o'clock the police is called.

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Can Ö.
born: 1978
stabbed: 30 January 2019
Residence: Berlin-Neukölln
Origin: Victim: believed to be Turkey; Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Children: unclear
Perpetrators: the brothers Neckmohammad and Nazar S. (34 and 38 years old at the time of the crime)

Can is a gas and water plumber and will be stabbed to death in the street on 30 January 2019 by the brothers Neckmohammad and Nazar. The reason is an affair with their sister a few years ago, which the brothers did not approve.

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Fatemeh Badre M.
born: 1991
Murder: February 16, 2019
Residence: Oldenburg in Holstein
Origin: Victim: Iran; Perpetrator: Iraq
Children: none
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Ziad / Zyad S. (at that time 22 years old)

Fatemeh (named Yasi) is a Christian from Iran and will come to Germany as a refugee alone in 2016. She learns German and works for a hotel in Lübeck. Elsewhere it is said that she wants to become a nurse.

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Stela G.
born: 1987
Attempted murder: February 26, 2019
Residence: Frankfurt/M. / Erlensee
Origin: Victim: Bulgaria; Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Mehmet O. (55 years old at the time)

You can read this murder as an honour killing or as violence typical of the environment. Or as the act of a pimp who doesn't want to let his prostitute go. Stela is a prostitute and has an affair with the 23 year older Mehmet.

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Romina C.
born: 1990
stabbed: 30 January 2019
Residence: Köln-Bilderstöckchen
Origin: Perpetrator: Morocco
Children: no
Perpetrator: her husband Karim B. (at that time 26 years old)

On 30 January 2019, a neighbor hears a cry for help early in the morning and calls the police. He tries to get into the neighbor's apartment. The police storm the apartment and find Romina covered in blood.

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Ina
born: 1996
Attempted murder: 2 March 2019
Residence: Fellbach (near Stuttgart)
Provenance: victim: unclear; perpetrator: Kosovo
Children: probably not
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend from Kosovo (40 years old at the time)

Ina works in an arcade in Fellbach. There her ex-boyfriend sprays pepper spray in her face late Saturday night. Then he beats her up. He rams a knife in her upper body, the blade breaks, the perpetrator flees.

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Mona
born: 2003
Attempted murder: 3 March 2019
Residence: Friedrichshafen (Lake Constance)
Origin: Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: no
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (21 years)

On March 3, 2019 at 2 a.m., a Turk stabs his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend in the parking lot of a discotheque. Lethally wounded, she is taken to the hospital and survives. The perpetrator flees and reports to the police the next afternoon with a family member.

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Homa
born: 1993
stabbed: March 10, 2019
Location: Halle / Saale
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: Mohammad Suliman N. (33 years old at the time of the crime)

Homa comes from Afghanistan and lives separated from her husband. On March 10, 2019 another Afghan stabs her in her apartment in Halle. Homa bleeds to death. A friend finds the body. First, the tenant of the apartment named Shoriye is suspected.

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Jara
born: 1997
stabbed: March 12, 2019
Residence: Rinteln (Lower Saxony)
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: 2 (at that time 1 and 4 years old)
Perpetrator: her husband (at that time 27 years old)

Jara comes from Afghanistan and wants a divorce. Her husband does not accept this and puts her in the shared apartment in Rinteln in the Schaumburg district, between Bielefeld and Hanover, on March 12, 2019.

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Cynthia / Syndia R.
born: 1998
stabbed: 5/6 March 2019
Residence: Worms
Origin: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Tunisia
Children: no
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Ahmed T. (at the time 22 years old)

In the autumn of 2018 Cynthia and Ahmed will meet. She is a geriatric nurse and still lives with her parents in Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate). Cynthia starts to wear a headscarf and learns Arabic.

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Jana M.
born: 1983
stabbed: April 6, 2019
Residence: Preetz (Schleswig-Holstein)
Provenance: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Afghanistan
Children: 2 daughters
Perpetrator: Wais S. (24 years)

Jana has 2 daughters of elementary school age. But the children live with their grandmother. Jana works as a saleswoman in Preetz, near Kiel. On April 6, 2019, a 24-year-old Afghan citizen reports to the police.

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Halice
born: 1978
Attempted murder: April 7, 2019
Residence: Berlin-Spandau
Origin: unclear
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her partner (43 years old at the time of the crime)

On April 7, 2019, a man stabs a knife in the neck of his partner in her apartment. Neighbors call the police. The woman is taken to the hospital and survives. The perpetrator is arrested. Nothing else is known, not even the real name of the victim.

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Maryam M.
born: 1986
Attempted murder: 8 April 2019
Residence: Bonn
Origin: Iraq
Children: 1 daughter (at that time 3 years old)
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Faruk A. (48 years) and she is pregnant

On April 8, 2019 Faruk tries to drive over his ex-girlfriend in the morning in front of the house in Bonn-Holzlar. Then he gets out of his car and hits her with a stone in front of the three-year-old daughter.

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Enisa
born: 1995
Attempted murder: 30 March 2019
Location: Maulbronn / Mühlacker (near Stuttgart)
Origin: Syria
Children: at least 1 daughter (7 years at that time)
Perpetrator: her husband (37 years)

Probably at the age of 16, Enisa is forced to marry a 29 year old Syrian. The two have a daughter. Since the spring of 2018 the family is in Germany. They live in Maulbronn near Mühlacker in Baden-Württemberg in "Haus Schmie".

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Naima
born: 1980
Killed: April 11, 2019
Residence: Flensburg
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: 4 (at that time 6, 10, 13, 16 years)
Perpetrator: her husband (42 years)

Naimas family comes from Afghanistan in 2015 with 4 children. On April 11, 2019 the man murders his wife. The children were then in the apartment. Neighbors alert the police. The perpetrator is arrested in the apartment.

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Aysha
born: 1996
Attempted murder: 14 April 2019
Location: Bremen
Origin: unclear
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her husband (31 years old at the time of the crime)

On April 14, 2019, a man stabbed his wife in the shared apartment in the Neustadt district of Bremen with a knife in her throat. She is seriously injured and is taken to hospital, undergoes emergency surgery and survives.

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Ayse
born: 1988
stabbed to death: March 28, 2019
Location: Bremen
Origin: unclear
Children: 6
Perpetrator: her husband (34 years)

On March 28, 2019, a man stabs his wife to death in the Hemelingen district of Bremen and surrenders to the police. The woman is a mother of 6 children and bleeds to death in her apartment. Nationality and names are not known.

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Lihya
born: 1986
Attempted murder: 20 April 2019
Residence: Marburg
Origin: Syria
Children: 2 sons, 2 daughters (5, 7, 10, 13 years at the time of the crime)
Perpetrator: her husband (44 years)

A Syrian family with 4 children lives in an apartment in Marburg-Cyriaxweimar. On April 20, 2019, the father stabbed his 11 year younger wife in the bathroom. He flees with the children. Neighbors bring the seriously injured woman to the hospital.

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Elena
born: 1980
attempted murder: 22/23 April 2019
Residence: Haiterbach (near Tübingen)
Origin: Perpetrator: Serbia
Children: at least 1 daughter
Perpetrator: her husband (46 years old at the time of the crime)

Elena lives separated from her husband in Haiterbach, Baden-Württemberg. They have at least one daughter. In the night of Easter Monday to Tuesday her divorced husband is waiting for her when she comes home late at night. He stabs her.

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Fatima T.
born: 1975
shot: May 9, 2019
Residence: Offenbach
Origin: Morocco
Children: at least 1 son (13 years at that time)
Perpetrator: Mohammed Soultana (42 years), the boyfriend of her sister

On May 9, 2019, Mohammed Soultana shoots a German-Moroccan woman from a driving rental car, while waiting for her son in front of a fighting school. The woman is sitting in a Porsche. There is only one shot, it hits her in the neckline.

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Abeer
born: 1992
stabbed to death: 25 May 2019
Residence: Pforzheim (near Stuttgart)
Origin: Syria
Children: probably yes
Perpetrator: her husband (37 years old at the time of the crime)

On May 25, 2019, a 37-year-old Syrian stabs his wife, who is 10 years younger, in the district of Pforzheim in Brötzingen. The police find her badly wounded in the stairwell. She dies in the hospital.

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Mala
born: 1978
stabbed: June 7, 2019
Location: Bremen
Origin: Nigeria
Children: 3, she is pregnant again
Perpetrator: her ex-husband Samuel U. (42 years old at the time of the crime)

Samuel will arrive in 2013 from Nigeria via Italy to Germany. He is going back to Italy. His girlfriend is in Germany since 2012. Because they have 2 children, Samuel applies for family reunification and he is in Bremen since early 2019.

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Joseline H.
born: 1983
Killed: June 11, 2019
Residence: Hamburg
Origin: Victim: Germany/possibly USA; Perpetrator: Algeria
Children: 3
Perpetrator: Nasr El Ddin B. (At that time 32 years old)

This murder can be seen as an alcohol fight with a fatal outcome. Or to cover up a rape. But it is also possible that there is a role for honour. Here are the facts: In a cafe in Hamburg-Neugraben there will be a party on the night of June 11, 2019.

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Jessika
born: 1988
stabbed: June 13, 2019
Residence: Nordhausen / Thuringia
Origin: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Algeria
Children: 1 son ( at the time of the crime 11 months)
Perpetrator: her boyfriend Youssef M. (26 years)

In May 2019 there is already an incident in which Youssef locks up his girlfriend and their baby. But Jessika refused to testify against him. On June 13, 2019 he stabbed her in the stairwell. Neighbors call the police.

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Rada
born: 1966
stabbed: June 14, 2019
Location: Künzell / Fulda
Origin: Perpetrator: Kosovo
Children: 6
Perpetrator: her husband (55 years old at the time of the crime)

On 14 June 2019 a man stabs his wife to death in a car in a parking lot in Künzell in eastern Hesse. Witnesses call the police. Rada is taken to the hospital. She dies during the emergency surgery. The perpetrator is arrested at the scene of the crime.

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Hatice
born: 1991
stabbed: June 18, 2019
Location: Soest (NRW)
Origin: Turkey / Kurds
Children: 4
Perpetrator: her husband (32 years at the time of the crime)

At the age of 18, Hatice was married by her Turkish-Kurdish clan to a man who is 4 years older. They have 4 children, the youngest is less than one year old. On June 18, 2019, the man stabs his wife in the apartment.

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Nisar
born: 2000
attempted murder: 19/20 June 2019
Residence: Meckenheim / Bonn
Origin: victim: Lebanon / Palestinians; perpetrators: Turkey / Kurds
Children: probably not
Perpetrators: father Masin C. and brothers (45, 27, 26 years) of his girlfriend (17 years)

In the spring of 2019 the Turkish-Kurdish Zilan falls in love with a classmate from Lebanon. His name is Nisar, he has a German passport. Zilan's father and her brothers disagree. In 2019 Zilan and Nisar drive one night to the Waldfriedhof Meckenheim and park there.

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Seda
born: 1987
Attempted murder: June 22, 2019
Location: Gelsenkirchen
Origin: Turkey
Children: 1 daughter, 1 son (9 and 11 years)
Perpetrator: Faruk B. (43 years)

Seda is a fitness trainer from Gelsenkirchen, divorced, 2 children Faruk is married and has 4 children. For unknown reason he has been stalking Seda since 2017, probably because of a rejected love. There are several accusations against him.

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Ivana Hranova
born: 1979
Murder: July 4, 2019
Location: Remshalden / Weinstadt (near Stuttgart)
Provenance: victim: Slovakia; perpetrator: unclear
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Kevin Kräge (30 years old at the time of the crime)

Ivana is a cleaning lady and together with the 10 year younger Kevin from Weinstadt. He works for a food producer. They split up. On July 4, 2019 Ivana meets her ex-boyfriend. On July 8, 2019 her employer reports her missing.

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Leila
born: 1995
Attempted murder: July 8, 2019
Residence: Weilburg-Waldhausen (Hesse)
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: probably
Perpetrator: her husband (32 years at the time of the crime)

Leila's family lives in a refugee shelter in Weilburg-Waldhausen, Northeast-Limburg in Hesse. On July 8, 2019 her husband stabs her. A rescue helicopter flies the seriously injured woman to the hospital. The perpetrator is arrested at the scene of the crime.

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Yara
born: 2000
Attempted murder: July 10, 2019
Residence: Siegburg (NRW)
Origin: unclear
Children: probably 2
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Mehmadali A. (28 years old at the time of the crime)

Yara and Mehmadali have children - not clear how many. Since she is only 19, it is probably 2. In February 2019 he moves out of the shared apartment in Siegburg near Bonn. In the afternoon of July 10, Mehmadali stabs his ex-girlfriend in the hallway several times with a knife.

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Sehmuz A.
born: 1990
Attempted murder: July 8, 2019
Residence: Berlin-Reinickendorf
Origin: Turkey
Children: no
Perpetrator: Ibrahim Y. (20 years old at the time of the crime), brother of his girlfriend

Betül is 23 years old and together with the 6 year older Sehmuz. On July 8, 2019, the boyfriend visits her family's apartment, but they don't approve of the relationship. Both families are enemies. Betül's family has chosen another man for her (Berlin in 2019).

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Selda D.
born: 2000
Murder: July 10, 2019
Residence: Siegburg
Provenance: Victim: Macedonia; Perpetrator: Bulgaria
Children: 2 sons (10 months and 3 years old at the time of the crime), she was pregnant again
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Mehmedali A. (26 years)

Selda is 19 years old, has 2 sons and is pregnant again. It sounds a bit like a forced marriage at the age of 15. Selda is getting a divorce. On July 10, 2019 Mehmedali wants to pick up his older son (3 years old). In front of the child he stabs his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

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Gadi
born: ?
Attempted murder: 12-13 July 2019
Residence: Salzgitter
Origin: Victim: Lebanon; Perpetrator: Tunisia
Children: ?
Perpetrator: a Tunisian (41 years old at the time of the crime)

On the night of July 12, 2019, a Tunisian meets his 36-year-old ex-wife on the streets of Salzgitter at 2 am. She belongs to a Lebanese clan, 2 sisters and another related woman are present. The ages of the women are indicated as 20-52 years.

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Olga
born: 1989
set on fire: July 13, 2019
Residence: Cologne
Origin: Perpetrator: Iran
Children: 2
Perpetrator: Jawed S. (36 years old at the time of the crime)

Jawed is married, probably to an Iranian woman. He has had a second wife for 8 years and with her 2 children. Her name is Olga, she is probably Russian or Polish. In the night of July 13, 2019 Jawed feigns a car accident by driving his car "controlled" against a tree.

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Marta
born: 1994
Attempted murder: July 14, 2019
Residence: Duisburg
Origin: Perpetrator: Bulgaria
Children: unclear, probably no
Perpetrator: her boyfriend (at that time 23 years old)

On 14 July 2019, a 23-year-old Bulgarian stabs his 2-year older girlfriend (or wife) with a kitchen knife. When he thinks she is dead, he calls the police. The cops find the woman seriously injured. After an emergency operation her life is still in danger.

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Katera
born: 1999
beaten: July 15, 2019
Location: Stuttgart
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: probably not
Perpetrator: her brother Wahed E. (at the time of the crime 18 years old)

Katera was born in Germany and is studying to become a dental assistant. Her family has been living here for 23 years and she has 5 children. Yet Katera is supposed to have married under duress. She separates herself from the family.

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Nasi A.
born: 2001
stabbed: July 16, 2019
Location: Halle (Saale)
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: probably not
Perpetrator: her "fiancé" Rami D. (30 years old at the time of the crime)

Nasi is 18 years old and lives since 2015 with her mother Najiba in Halle (Saale). Rami is 30 years old and lives in France. One can only assume that Nasi should marry him. Presumably she refuses.

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Bahar Kayhan
born: 1986
stabbed: July 21, 2019
Location: Lippstadt (NRW)
Origin: Turkey
Children: 1 son, 1 daughter (7 and 11 years)
Perpetrator: Lokman Ö. (34 years)

Bahar and Eyup run a grill in Lippstadt-Benninghausen. They have a son together, Bahar an older daughter from a previous marriage. In the spring of 2019 they will split up. On July 21, 2019, Bahar will hand over the restaurant to her husband.

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Maryam H.
born: 1998
stabbed: July 28, 2019
Residence: Zwickau / Dortmund
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: 1 daughter
Perpetrator: her husband Mokhtar H. (24 years)

Maryam lives in Zwickau in Saxony and will visit a friend in the Dortmund district of Lütgendortmund for a few weeks in the summer of 2019. She takes care of their children (5 and 9 years). This is probably already an escape from her violent husband.

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Katharina
born: 1979
Attempted murder: 3 August 2019
Residence: Düsseldorf
Origin: Perpetrator: Iran
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her husband David D. (73 years old at the time of the crime)

Katharina and David live in the chic Oberkassel district of Düsseldorf. She is getting a divorce and is moving. On August 3, 2019 she is back in the apartment, possible to get her things. David goes to the 33 years younger woman with a butcher knife.

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Julka
born: 1964
Attempted murder: 5 August 2019
Location: Delmenhorst (near Bremen)
Origin: Serbia
Children: 3 daughters, 1 son
Perpetrator: her divorced husband (57 years in crime)

Julka comes in 1993 from Serbia to Germany with her husband and 2 daughters. She lives in Delmenhorst and has another daughter and a son. They are getting a divorce, allegedly because it would be beneficial for granting asylum.

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Ashtar
born: 1992
strangled: August 9, 2019
Residence: Lebach (Saarland) / Bad Salzschlirf (near Fulda)
Origin: Iraq
Children: 2
Perpetrator: her husband (27 years at the time of the crime)

Ashtar, her husband and 2 children apply for asylum in Germany in January 2019 and move to Lebach in Saarland. She gets divorced and moves to friends in Bad Salzschlirf, Hesse. Somehow her ex-husband tracks her there and strangles her to unconsciousness in her friends' apartment on August 9, 2019.

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Claudia
born: 1976
Burned alive: August 11, 2019
Residence: Münster
Origin: Perpetrator: probably Turkey
Children: 1 son
Perpetrator: her ex-husband Ahmed J. (36 years old at the time of the crime)

Ahmed lives in an apartment in a hotel in Münster, where he used to work. On 11 August 2019 he pours petrol over his ex-wife and sets her on fire. It is unclear why she is in his apartment at all and takes a bath in the early morning.

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Nafiye H. and Amir N.
born: 1987 and 1996
stabbed: August 17, 2019
Residence: Iserlohn / Bergisch Gladbach
Origin: victims: Kosovo and Afghanistan; perpetrator: Kosovo
Children: at least 1 daughter (2 months at that time)
Perpetrator: her husband Shpeytim H. (43 years old at the time of the crime)

Shpejtim comes to Germany in 2001 and gets a residence permit by marrying a German. The marriage has meanwhile been terminated. Shpejtim is looking for a new wife in Kosovo and will marry Nafiye in 2013. Also for her it is the 2nd marriage.

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Brake I.
born: 1992
murdered: 3/4 September 2019
Residence: Nottuln-Appelhülsen (Münsterland / NRW)
Origin: Syria
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons (5, 8, 10 years)
Perpetrator: her husband Fadi I. (34 years)

On September 4, 2019, shortly after midnight, neighbors call the police. Reem is found dead in a wooded area. The body indicates extreme violence. Her divorced husband Fadi then committed suicide, probably by throwing himself in front of a train.

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Mine O.
born: 1993
strangled: September 7, 2019
Residence: Duisburg
Origin: Victim: Afghanistan; Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: 1 son (5 years at that time)
Perpetrator: her husband Ercan E. (28 years)

Mine is a fairly modern woman, doctor's assistant, but does not work. Her family is from Afghanistan, Mine also has a German passport. Since 2013 she is married to the logistics assistant Ercan. His family is from Turkey.

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Aysa
born: 1988
Attempted murder: 8 September 2019
Location: Hannover
Origin: probably Turkey
Children: 2 (at that time 11 and 13 years old)
Perpetrator: her husband Ibrahim J. (33 years)

Aysa (of which the real name is not known) is 31 years old. She and her husband Ibrahim have 2 children of 11 and 13 years old. This suggests a forced marriage. On 8 September 2019 Ibrahim stabs his wife in the shared apartment in Hannover-Vahrenwald.

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Mira
born: 2003
Assassin ordered: September 8, 2019
Location: Hannover
Origin: Iraq / Kurds / Yazidi
Children: no
Perpetrator: her brother (24 years old at the time of the crime)

Mira's family will come from Iraq to Germany in 2014. When she is 15 years old, she will marry a cousin unknown to her. In March 2019 the "engagement" with the 23-year-old is announced. A lawsuit in connection with rape follows, which ends with a conviction of the "fiancée" for assault.

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Helin
born: 1976
Attempted murder: 20 September 2019
Location: Bielefeld
Origin: unclear
Children: various
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (45 years old at the time of the crime)

In September 2018 Helin will divorce her boyfriend. On 20 September 2019 he will be waiting for her on a platform of the subway station Jahnplatz in Bielefeld. He grabs her in a head grip. Then he sticks a knife in her face and head. Later there is talk of "a multitude of knife stings".

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Günay Ü.
born: 1985
stabbed to death: October 10, 2019
Residence: Frankfurt/M.
Origin: Turkey
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Sam M. (43 years)

On October 10, 2019 Sam murders his ex-girlfriend Günay with dozens of knife wounds. It is said that the two were separated, but still lived together. That night they buy a kitchen knife at the supermarket.

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Vera
born: 1987
Attempted murder: 12/13 October 2019
Residence: Hamburg
Origin: Perpetrator: Serbia
Children: 1 son (3 years)
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Zeljko M. (43 years)

In the night of October 13, 2019 Zeljko enters through the balcony door the apartment of his ex-girlfriend in Hamburg-Heimfeld. He stabs her and tries to cut off her head. Then he wounds the neighbor (61 years old) who is also present.

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Amar and his brother
born: 2002
Attempted murder: October 18, 2019
Residence: Lehrte / Ahlten near Hannover
Origin: Perpetrator: Kurd; Victim: India
Children: no
Perpetrator: the brother (18 years old at the time of the crime) of his girlfriend

An 18-year-old Kurd does not accept that his sister has a boyfriend from India. Although he, the Kurd, has a German passport. The Indian family lives in Lehrte near Hanover. On October 18, 2019, the Kurd summons 15 people from his clan to beat up Amar.

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Muri / Sana A.
born: 1988
decapitated: October 25, 2019
Residence: Limburg (Hessen)
Origin: Tunisia
Children: 1 daughter, 1 son (at that time 2 & 4 years); she is pregnant again
Perpetrator: her husband Imad Amdouni (34 years old at the time of the crime)

Imad's family comes from Tunisia. He was born in Germany, has a German passport and works as a machine operator. Muri (in some articles her name is Sana, perhaps a nickname) comes from Tunisia to Germany around 2013 with a student visa, gets a German passport and dual nationality through marriage.

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Arin
born: 1978
Attempted murder: November 6, 2019
Location: Delmenhorst (near Bremen)
Origin: probably Turkey / Iraq; maybe Kurds / Yazidi
Children: ?
Perpetrator: her divorced husband (45 years old at the time of the crime)

On November 6, 2019, a man stabbed his divorced wife in a bakery in Delmenhorst. She is seriously injured and is taken to hospital, but survives. The perpetrator has been arrested. The real names of those involved are not known.

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Magda
born: 1991
stabbed to death: November 26, 2019
Residence: Waldbröl (NRW)
Origin: Perpetrator: Romania
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her husband (41 years old at the time of the crime)

On November 26, 2019 a Romanian man stabs his wife in her apartment. She dies in the clinic. The perpetrator is arrested in the stairwell. He still had the knife with him. Nothing is known about the woman's nationality, not even if the two were Roma.

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Raghad Kabawa
born: unclear
stabbed: December 6, 2019
Residence: Osnabrück
Origin: Syria
Children: 1 daughter, 1 son
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Darda K. (27 years old at the time of the crime)

Raghad comes to Germany with the wave of refugees in 2015. She has 2 children whose father is dead. She meets the Syrian Darda, who doesn't move in with her, but often stays overnight. Nevertheless, they will get a divorce.

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Ajda
born: ??
Attempted murder: December 13, 2019
Accommodation: Essen
Origin: probably Turkey
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (40 years old at the time of the crime)

Ajda works as a cleaning lady in a kebab bakery in Essen-Kray. There she is cleaning when on December 13, 2019 her ex-boyfriend hits a knife in her neck in the morning. Employees call the rescue service. Ajda survives.

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Anisa
born: 1982
stabbed: December 13, 2019
Residence: Aschaffenburg
Origin: probably Albania
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (55 years old at the time of the crime)

On December 13, 2019, a 55-year-old man stabs his 37-year-old wife to death in her apartment in Aschaffenburg-Schweinheim. The man has been arrested. The woman is said to be from Albania. Nothing else is known, the rest is speculation.

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Samar Al-D.
born: 1990
stabbed: December 16, 2019
Residence: Berlin-Spandau
Origin: Iraq, presumably Kurds
Children: 1 daughter, 1 son (3 and 5 years with the crime)
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend Rebwar B. (36 years)

Samar and Rebwar come to Germany from Iraq. They live in Berlin-Spandau, have a daughter and a son. In the autumn of 2019 they split up, probably after a seriously violent relationship. About 2 months later Rebwar lures his wife into an ambush and stabs her in the neck several times.

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Maryam
born: 1993
stabbed: December 25, 2019
Residence: Idstein (Hessen)
Origin: Afghanistan
Children: 1 son (3 years)
Perpetrator: her husband Ghafur M. (31 years)

At the age of 15 Maryam married her cousin Ghafur. Later she comes to Germany and works in geriatric care. They have a son and live in Idstein in the south of Hesse. In November 2019 Maryam is getting a divorce.

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Jeta
born: 1986
stabbed: December 27, 2019
Residence: Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg)
Origin: Kosovo
Children: 7
Perpetrator: her husband (44 years old at the time of the crime)

Jeta already has 7 children at the age of 33 years. Her husband stabbed her on December 27, 2019. She dies, the perpetrator goes to the police. The children were in the apartment during the crime, but did not see the murder.

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Aliya
born: 1970
Attempted murder: December 29, 2019
Location: Schlangenbad (near Wiesbaden)
Origin: Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her husband (57 years old at the time of the crime)

On December 29, 2019 a man stabs a knife in his wife's neck in Schlangenbad-Georgenborn. He calls the police and claims that his wife has been injured in an accident. The woman is taken to hospital, undergoes emergency surgery and survives.

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Ajda and Mohamed
born: 2017, 2018
murdered: March 10, 2019
Location: Bielefeld
Origin: Perpetrator: Turkey
Children: they are small children themselves
Perpetrator: their father Süleyman G. (41 years)

On March 10, Süleyman stabs the two children in their apartment. The mother is not there at the time of the crime. He injures himself, and then calls the ambulance. He confesses that he cut his children's throats with a kitchen knife.

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Isa
born: 1994
Attempted murder: 2019
Location: Bielefeld
Origin: Perpetrator: Greek and Italian citizenship
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-boyfriend (27 years old at crime)

On May 4, 2019, a man stabs his ex-girlfriend in Bielefeld-Stieghorst on the public road near her apartment. The victim is badly injured when she reaches the hospital and survives. The perpetrator is arrested.

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Xena Wilhelm
born: 1973
stabbed to death: June 10, 2019
Residence: Wolfsburg
Origin: Ukraine
Children: 2
Perpetrator: her divorced husband (47 years)

Xena comes with her husband and 2 children from Ukraine to Germany. She gets divorced in 2019, cancels the rent of the communal flat in Wolfsburg and wants to move to Bochum. On Whit Monday 2019 her husband stabs her 22 times.

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Hassan
born: unclear
Attempted murder: summer 2019
Residence: Mannheim
Origin: Jordan
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: the half-brother (middle 20) of his ex-girlfriend

In the summer of 2019 a Jordanian sends pictures of his girlfriend to the family in Jordan. In the photos the woman is not veiled. She has 2 small children with an ex-husband, with whom she might get together again later on.

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Eda
born: 1995
Attempted murder: September 2, 2019
Residence: Maintal (near Hanau)
Origin: unclear
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her boyfriend (35 years old at the time of the crime)

In the early morning of September 2, 2019, a man shoots his girlfriend in the head on the open street in Maintal-Dörnigheim. The victim is seriously injured and is taken to hospital, undergoes emergency surgery and survives.

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Sabine
born: 1968
Attempted murder: 3 September 2019
Residence: Uetze-Krätze (near Hannover)
Provenance: Victim: Germany; Perpetrator: Dominican Republic
Children: unclear
Perpetrator: her ex-husband Danilo (33 years old at the time of the crime)

Danilo is 33 years old and known to the police. He has a Dominican and a German passport. The latter probably because of his marriage to Sabine, who is 18 years older. A newspaper article later describes her as a "very well-groomed qualified business administrator".

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