Gzime / Gesime I. born: 1976
stabbed to death: 9 July 2013
Residence: Hamburg
Origin: Macedonia
Children: 3 (14-17 years)
Perpetrator: her ex-husband Avdi (40 years)
Avdi and Gzime are from Macedonia. Gzime runs a cleaning company, where her husband works part-time. They have three teenage children.
There is quarrel and violence. Gzime is asking for a divorce. For the time being, Avdi stays in the family home and moves in the spring of 2013. But the two will continue to work together. On 9 July 2013 they will clean an office building at Hamburg Central Station. At the moment the children are on holiday with family in Macedonia.
While Gzime is cleaning the office kitchen, her ex-husband stabs her with a kitchen knife. A witness escapes from the house and warns the police, who can arrest the perpetrator. Despite an emergency operation, Gzime dies the next morning.
The process will start in January 2014. Initially, the suspect will remain silent. They say that Gzime has been threatened by her ex-husband for a long time.
In December the perpetrator is sentenced to 9 years and 6 months imprisonment for murder.