Motive for Afghan Woman’s Murder in Germany Likely Religious
The body of an Afghan woman living in the state of Bavaria, Germany, who was killed by an Afghan asylum seeker with knife wounds, has been laid to rest. It is suspected that the motive for this crime was the victim’s conversion to Christianity.
On Thursday (May 4 / Ordibehesht 14), a funeral service was held in Christian tradition for the 38-year-old woman who was killed on April 29 (Ordibehesht 9) in the city of Prien, Bavaria, Germany.
The victim had previously left Islam and become a Protestant Christian. The victim’s sister said that she had gone to Iran about 8 years ago and there, after meeting with a priest, had developed an inclination towards Christianity.
According to friends and acquaintances of the victim, this refugee woman was living peacefully with her two sons, ages 5 and 11, and was working in the social assistance group of a church.
The two children who witnessed the crime have been severely traumatized and are now under medical care.
The victim also had two adult children who live in Germany but have not changed their religion.
Religious Motive?
A spokesperson for the Bavaria police said that the motive for this crime was likely religious hatred, but the church priest where the victim worked believes that the killer committed this inhumane act due to mental disorders.
The 29-year-old Afghan man who confessed to the murder fled to Germany in 2013 but his asylum request was rejected in 2016.
According to the mayor of Prien, until the asylum administration issued its decision, he was living a normal and healthy life, but after receiving the rejection order, he developed psychological and mental problems and was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital twice.
According to the police spokesperson, the killer and victim had a distant acquaintance with each other, and there is no possibility that the motive for the crime was jealousy or problems related to romantic relationships.
The number of Muslim refugees in Germany who change their religion is increasing. Most of them are Iranian, and a significant portion of them cite “religious coercion in Iran” as the reason for this action.
Source: DW
