The motive for the murder of an Afghan woman in Germany may have been religious.
The body of an Afghan woman in Bavaria, Germany, who was stabbed to death by an Afghan refugee has been buried. It is believed that the motive for the crime was the victim's conversion to Christianity.
The funeral of a 38-year-old woman who was murdered on April 29 in the city of Prien, Bavaria, Germany, was held in a Christian manner on Thursday (May 4).
The victim had previously left Islam and converted to Protestant Christianity. The victim's sister said that he had gone to Iran about 8 years ago and converted to Christianity after meeting a priest there.
According to the victim's friends and acquaintances, this refugee woman lived a quiet life with her two sons, ages 5 and 11, and worked in a church's social assistance group.
Two children who witnessed the crime were severely traumatized and are now receiving medical care.
The victim also has two adult children who live in Germany but have not converted.
Religious motivation?
A spokesman for the Bavarian state police said the motive for the crime was most likely religious hatred, but the priest of the church where the victim worked believes the killer committed this inhuman act due to mental disorders.
The 29-year-old Afghan man who confessed to the murder fled to Germany in 2013, but his asylum application was rejected in 2016.
According to Mayor Perin, he was living a normal and healthy life until the decision of the Asylum Office was announced, but after receiving the rejection decision, he developed mental and psychological problems and was hospitalized twice in a mental hospital.
According to a police spokesman, the killer and the victim were distant acquaintances and it is unlikely that the motive for the crime was jealousy or romantic relationship problems.
The number of Muslim refugees converting to Islam in Germany 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
