It is covered via front pages in Germany, and probably shocked a number of political folks.
So what Focus is reporting......at a Berlin private hospital....Doctor Fritz von Weizsäcker, who was the son of the former Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker, was approached by some stranger, and stabbed during a lecture.
One police officer was on the scene and tried to stop the event, but failed. He was also stabbed.
End result....the policeman is still alive but the doctor is dead.
The lecture? This is the odd thing....there were only twenty-odd people there, and it was about fatty livers. Based on reporting, there is no indication that the doctor knew the attacker, and this was just random.
The attacker? Unknown figure so far....alive....captured by people in the audience.
Here's the thing....the dead doctor's father was a highly noted figure in German politics for over 30 years, and the name Weizsäcker is a name that people remember. This is certainly not a political murder, and one might suspect it was just a nutcase loose in the hospital and picked him at random. But it's going to draw discussions.
Update: Afternoon. Cops say this attacker is in his late 50s, and from the Pflaz. There is a suggestion or two that he is a mental issue guy, but still no real indicator of why he attacked the doctor. Still a totally random episode......no terrorism angle or jealousy episode.
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