Murder Story

Updated:

There's not a lot of info on this murder, as reported in the Rheinpfalz newspaper this morning.

Way down in the southern part of Rheinland Pfalz....along the French border of Germany is the town of Kandel (population of around 8,000).  Cops say that an argument started up inside of a DM (German drug store chain) between some young gal (15 years old) and a Afghan kid (15 years old).

The store?  It rests on Lauterberger Strasse....almost at the end of town.

The discussion reached the stage where he pulled out a knife and stabbed her.  Ambulance came and the medical crew did everything possible....but she died later at the hospital.

It appears, based on the way that the episode was written....that the young lady had some kind of relationship going with the guy, and it broke up a couple of days prior.  He didn't take it well, and this was some public situation where he 'bumped' into her.

That's the basic story.

One might go and suggest that the cops will be suspicious of the kid's age....maybe he's not fifteen years old.  We have that problem now in Germany with a fair number of young teenage boys who've shown up without any real ID or family, and state they are 'underage'.  The other side of this story is the reaction by the kid to the break-up.  Some teachers will likely suggest that more attitude counseling is necessary for both male and female immigrants.

All that events like this do...is stir up regional feelings to be negative with migration.

Update: One final note.  While commercial newspapers and news carried this early in the AM of Thursday (it happened mid-afternoon of Wed)....it was about the middle of Thursday before ARD/ZDF (state public TV in Germany) began to carry the basic story.  A lot of negativity was dumped on the networks because of the 'stall' seen by the public (due to the migrant being part of the story).  The networks did defend their situation....saying it took a while to get the whole story.  I won't dump on them or shame them (they get enough already).....but it does prove the point that you need to have access to thirty-odd news sources in Germany to get the true picture of events going on, and as it occurs.