Early in the morning on January 8, 2020 police find Flory's body with a cracked skull in her apartment in Borgholzhausen, north of Bielefeld. First 2 men are arrested, then there is a warrant for the arrest of her life partner.
read Florentina's storyDuring a traffic control in the district of Germersheim (Rhineland-Palatinate), the police find one dead at night on 8 February 2020. She has gunshot wounds and is lying on the co-driver's seat, the driver is carrying a firearm.
read Fitore's storyAt the end of 2016, Ahmadi comes to Germany with his wife, who is 10 years older than him, and a little daughter. In the autumn of 2019 they will split up, but will probably live together again later.
read Sharam's storySala has at least 2 children, a 12 year old son and a 19 year old daughter. On 4 January 2020, her ex-husband kicks in the front door of her flat and attacks her with a knife. The daughter stands in between and is seriously injured.
read Sala's storyNader comes to Germany as a refugee from Afghanistan and works as an aid worker. He also plays soccer in the 3rd team of the 1st FC Bocholt. He starts a relationship with a 5 year older woman. On 8 February 2020 he is stabbed to death on the street by her ex-husband.
read Nader's storyTill 2019 Mona has a relationship with a man from the Cape Verde Islands. These are located in northwestern Africa, roughly at the level of Senegal. After the divorce, the Cape Verdean man becomes violent and in July 2019 there will be a report to the criminal court.
read Mona's storyAnn-Kathrin checks into a hotel in Rendsburg with her ex-boyfriend Hamza and their 6 month old baby. On the night of February 13, 2020, he strangles her. There was already a restraining order against him for violating the law on protection against violence.
read Ann-Kathrin's storyOn February 18, 2020, Rudolf stabs his wife Brigitte to death with a kitchen knife in front of his children in the early morning. Neighbors call the police. The perpetrator first flees the scene of the crime, but reports to the police the same day.
read Brigitte's storyOn Carnival Monday 2020 Onalia's husband calls the ambulance service early in the morning. Onalia's body is found in the apartment. The cause of death is "massive violence to the neck". The man has been arrested.
read Onalia's storyIt is unclear whether the motive in this case is honor or greed. At the end of 2014 Homa and her family will come from Afghanistan to Germany. She has at least one daughter, but probably more children.
read Homa's storyGuiseppe's family comes from Sicily, he lives with his father in Cologne and works as a waiter. On March 8, 2020, he comes home from work early in the morning and gets into an argument with Rechuas, the brother of his Iraqi girlfriend or ex-girlfriend.
read Guiseppe's storyOn 19 February 2020, Talat stabs his ex-wife's new boyfriend in her apartment and wounds him in a life-threatening way. Maybe it's just a friend of the ex-wife. Maybe it's someone she asked for protection.
read Hassan's storyOn April 4, 2020 there is a riot in a shelter for refugees in Augsburg-Göggingen. The police is called. The officers find a dead 15-year old. His mother is seriously injured and needs emergency surgery. A sister (20 years old) is also seriously injured.
read Baran's storyThis case is unclear: First, it is reported that a 48-year-old man shot his 27-year-old wife. He has the gun illegally. The whole case would have been an accident. The perpetrator calls the emergency number 911.
read Besma's storyMyriam is a social worker and is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend Edris. He came to Germany from Afghanistan when he was 5 years old and has a German passport. He is not the father of their 2 month old daughter.
read Myriam's storyLeila is - so they say - married "according to Moroccan law" and has a 6 months old baby of her 16 years older "husband". The perpetrator is called a German-Moroccan, she a Moroccan. One can assume an imported marriage.
read Leila's storyOn May 1, 2020, neighbors hear suspicious noises from Stefanie's apartment in Herne-Wanne and call the police. The police find Stefanie's body. Cause of death is violence at the throat. The perpetrator, whose profession is declared as an occasional worker, is arrested in the apartment.
read Stefanie's storyOn May 1, 2020, Kalender storms the apartment of his ex-wife Mesude in Hamburg-Lurup. He stabs her, pours gasoline over his son and sets the child on fire. Mother and son are badly burned, a neighbor comes to help. Both are flown to a special clinic.
read Mesude's storyOn May 2, 2020, a Syrian murders his wife in the evening with a plasterer's axe in her apartment in Alsfeld (near Marburg). He flees with the 3 children they have together. The motive is that the mother did not want to continue the marriage.
read Enisa's storySince March 2019 the relationship between Laura and Nuri has been violent. There is a ban on approaching her, she wants a divorce, the move to the women's shelter is prepared. On May 5, 2020, Nuri will stab her on the public road in Brandenburg-Görden.
read Laura's storyThe story is unclear: The mother (29 years old) of a girl and a boy (6 and 8 years old) is divorcing her husband Samir. On May 14, 2020, the children go to visit their father. He kills them on the night of the 15th. Someone calls the police.
read this storyOn May 17, 2020, an Afghan murders his wife on the public street in the Cottbus district of Neu Schmellwitz, and he does it this way: first he throws her out of the window on a canopy. There he strangles her and throws her in the street.
read Nahid's storyOn May 19, 2020, neighbors in an apartment building in Freiberg, Saxony, call the police because of a noisy quarrel. The cops find a dead Afghan woman in the hallway. Her husband has been arrested.
read Nadia's storyCaroline stays in a shelter with 3 small children. One morning she returns to her apartment and is beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend Simo. A neighbor calls the ambulance service. The paramedic diagnoses her death.
read Caroline's storyThe 24-year-old David is wanted in Serbia with an international arrest warrant for human trafficking. The police storm the apartment of his ex-girlfriend Violetta on 15 June 2020. She is 14 years older than him and has a 3 year old daughter (not his).
read Violetta's storyOn June 21, a man stabbed a mother to death in a refugee shelter in Cloppenburg. Witnesses find the 2-year-old son unharmed next to the blood-soaked body. Jane dies on the spot. The boy goes to youth care. The murder weapon has been found.
read Jane's storyIf Leyla has a son of 11 at the age of 25, she will probably have been married off by her parents at the age of 13. This could indicate that she is from Afghanistan. Everything else is just as possible, also that she misstated the age at entry.
read Leyla's storyTekeste has 3 children with his first wife in Ethiopia. Probably his 2nd wife is a German, through whom he has a residence permit. He also lives separated from her. For months he stalked the 25 year younger Hanna, who came to Germany at the age of 17.
read Hanna's storyLittle is known about this case: A 20-year-old woman has a 2-year-old daughter. They live in a social home in Heidelberg-Rohrbach. One may wonder whether this means a refugee shelter. On July 4, 2020, the 23-year-old man attacks them both with a knife.
read Dilek's storyRazia has 4 children at the age of 27. The eldest is 14 years old, which allows the conclusion that she was married at about 12 years of age. She still has 3 children and is divorcing her husband Saleh.
read Razia's storyOn July 16, 2020, Ostoja murders his wife with a baseball bat and calls the police. The cops find the dead woman with a crushed skull. The arrest warrant is for treasonous murder. Nothing more is known.
read Snijezana's storyOn 22 July 2020, a 24-year-old student is stabbed in the street by her ex-boyfriend. He flees, a manhunt is organized for him. At first it is emphasized that he was born in Würselen. During the manhunt it is then said that he has a dark skin color.
read Mira's storyNicole has 2 children with a man from Tunisia who has a German passport. She will get divorced in 2018. He will not accept that. Several acts of violence by the man against his wife are recorded in the registration systems.
read Nicole's storyIn February 2013 Shahiq will come from Afghanistan to Germany. Since 2015 he is together with Tatjana, in November 2019 they will have a baby together. Presumably this will have a positive effect on his status, his asylum procedure has not yet been completed.
read Tatjana's storyA man stabs his wife, she dies on the spot. The perpetrator comes to the hospital, another person (20 years old, maybe a son) is arrested. Unfortunately, nothing more is known. Except that all three of them lived in the refugee house Bramsche-Hesepe.
read Zena's storyThis story starts with 3 question marks, it is difficult to judge what happened and what the facts are. On September 2, 2020, a Slovakian citizen stabs his wife to death in Wolnzach. The two could be Roma. But it is unclear.
read Rosita's storyIn August 2020 office clerk Bianca will divorce her boyfriend Cenk, who works for a tobacco company. After that there are several police actions in the former shared apartment. On September 11, 2020, Cenk enters his ex-girlfriend's apartment and stabs her.
read Bianca's storyChanda lives divorced from her husband, who is almost 20 years older. On September 11, 2020, she brings her children to school and kindergarten in the morning. She returns to her apartment. There her divorced husband attacks her with a hammer and tries to kill her.
read Chanda's storyA North African woman is abused by her 17 year older husband, there is at least one police operation known in 2018. On September 12, 2020, the man stabs her in the shared apartment in Euskirchen near Bonn.
read Naima's storyMara's husband is already forbidden to approach her when he stabs her in her apartment on September 20, 2020. Another man is seriously injured. The perpetrator has been arrested at the station of Rastatt.
read Mara's storyOn October 8, 2020, a 55-year-old Kosovar stabbed his wife Drita to death in their shared apartment in Regensburg. He reports to the police and is arrested. The body has been found. The couple had 2 adult children and a 15 year old teenager.
read Drita's storyIn the refugee year 2015, Svitlana comes to Germany with her husband Valerii and her two children from the Ukraine. She has worked as a nurse for 20 years and will start training as a geriatric nurse in Germany in September 2016.
read Svitlana's storySinem is a hairdresser in Dülmen (near Münster) and will meet Tercan from Hamm in the spring of 2020. He spent 4 years in prison until March because of a series of thefts. When Sinem finds out, she breaks up after a relationship of a few weeks.
read Sinem's storyOn October 27, 2020 a German Turk stabs his wife in their shared apartment in Bremen-Vegesack. Then he flees to his parents, who call the police. The rescue workers find the dead woman.
read Ayse's storyNuha will be married in 2014 at the age of 14 to the 23-year-old Wahid in northern Syria. She becomes pregnant with twins and Wahid leaves for Germany in May 2015. In October, he brings the underage mother with the children.
read Nuha's storyAshtar, 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.
read Ashtar's storyWhat is an honour killing? An honour killing is a murder in the name of…
What is an honour killing? An honour killing is a murder in the name of…
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What is an honour killing? An honour killing is a murder in the name of…