Mayor stabbed in Germany – Hospitalized in critical condition

Iris Stalzer, politician of the metropolis of Herdecke in occidental Germany and a subordinate of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), was recovered Tuesday greeting astatine her location with aggregate stab wounds, according to section authorities.

As reported by the nationalist broadcaster WDR, Stalzer was recovered live by rescuers, but her information is described arsenic highly superior and life-threatening. Police confirmed that she was rushed to the hospital, wherever she is receiving intensive aesculapian care.

According to German media, Stalzer was reportedly attacked successful beforehand of her location and managed to resistance herself to her flat earlier collapsing. As BILD reports, her children, aged 15 and 17, were astatine location and were the ones who notified the authorities. Her lad reportedly told constabulary that his parent had been attacked by respective men connected the street.

Stalzer had lone precocious been elected mayor. In the 2nd circular of the municipal elections connected September 28, she defeated the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) campaigner Fabian Konrad Haas with 52.2% of the vote.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his heavy sorrow and daze implicit the attack: “We received quality of a heinous enactment successful Herdecke. It indispensable present beryllium thoroughly investigated. We fearfulness for the beingness of elected Mayor Iris Stalzer and anticipation for her afloat recovery,” Merz wrote connected level X. The German chancellor added that his thoughts are with Stalzer’s household and loved ones, emphasizing the request for swift justness successful effect to the incident.

Police proceed to analyse the country and cod evidence, portion the gathering wherever the politician resides remains cordoned off. Authorities successful North Rhine-Westphalia person been afloat mobilized, with section residents expressing daze and interest implicit this unprecedented onslaught connected an elected official.