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Steinmeier recalls policeman fatally shot in Mannheim.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, along with Minister President Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) and State Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU), paid their respects to fallen police officer Rouven Laur by observing a moment of silence on Mannheim's market square. The state-wide...

Flowers and candles lie on the market square in Mannheim in memory of a police officer who was...
Flowers and candles lie on the market square in Mannheim in memory of a police officer who was killed.

Stabbing incident - Steinmeier recalls policeman fatally shot in Mannheim.

A 25-year-old Afghan man is responsible for the stabbing of five members from the Islam-critical group Pax Europa and a 29-year-old civil servant in a city's market square last Friday. The victim, Laur, succumbed to his wounds on Sunday. Steinmeier paid his respects by laying flowers at the site. People in the 300,000-populated city in Baden-Württemberg's north came together to remember Laur. In solidarity, police officers throughout the state stood in mournful silence.

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