BERLIN (AP) — Investigators stated Wednesday that the newly elected mayor of a German city who was discovered at her house with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and that her life is not in peril.
Iris Stalzer, 57, was elected because the mayor of Herdecke in western Germany on Sept. 28 and is because of take workplace on Nov. 1. Police stated emergency providers have been alerted shortly after midday Tuesday by her daughter, who reported that Stalzer had been critically wounded exterior her home in an tried theft.
Police went to Stalzer’s home, the place they discovered her sitting in a chair with a number of stab wounds and decided that the assault appeared to have occurred indoors. She was flown to a hospital by helicopter. Police stated Wednesday that she is now out of hazard.
Investigators on the home discovered two knives and clothes believed to have been used within the assault, and detained Stalzer’s 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. When questioned on Tuesday night, Stalzer pointed to her daughter because the suspect, police investigator Jens Rautenberg stated.
There was no instant info on the character of the household battle that preceded the stabbing. Rautenberg declined to touch upon a potential motive at a information convention within the close by metropolis of Hagen, saying that’s nonetheless a matter for investigation.
Prosecutor Bernd Haldorn stated he considers it a case of bodily hurt, and that police and prosecutors at current intend to launch the youngsters and put them within the arms of the youth welfare workplace, which might determine on additional measures whereas the investigation continues.
The assault on Stalzer, which adopted violence towards different native politicians in Germany in recent times, drew swift condemnation from Chancellor Friedrich Merz and others. However investigators rapidly decided Tuesday that there was no signal of a political motive.
Herdecke is a city of about 23,000 folks in western Germany’s Ruhr area, between Hagen and Dortmund.
