Arab woman stabbed to death in German courtroom

[Hannah Bell]

On July 1, the 31-year-old pregnant Egyptian Marwa El-Sherbini was slaughtered with a knife in open court in Dresden. Her killer was the Russian-German Alexander W., a racist who had been found guilty of defamation against El-Sherbini. A police officer in attendance did nothing to aid the stricken women, instead shooting down her husband...

Tagesspiegel reported as follows on the events in the courtroom where the appeal was being heard:

“The examination of the witnesses was concluded, when the Russian-German asked to address the court. He asked to be allowed to ask a question, to which the court did not object. Alex W. turned to Marwa El-Sherbini: ‘Do you have any right at all to be in Germany?’ There was silence in the room. ‘You have no reason to be here.’ Alex W. became louder. And he threatened, ‘If the NPD comes to power there will be an end to all that. I voted for the NPD.’” He then threw himself on the defenceless woman and began to stab her with a knife. Her defence counsel is said to have thrown a chair at him, but this did not stop him.

El-Sherbini’s 32-year-old husband, Elwi Ali Okaz, came to his wife’s aid and the court sounded the alarm. A court official and two police officers who were in the building stormed into the courtroom. Without warning, one of the officers immediately began shooting Ali Okaz, also an Egyptian. Okaz, who had already been seriously injured in the knife attack, was shot in the leg. A little later, Marwa El-Sherbini succumbed to her injuries, having been stabbed 18 times. The couple’s three-year-old son witnessed the entire proceedings.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/dres-j24.shtml

[sakabatou]

1. O.O

That's all I can say.

[CBGLuthier]

2. Racist Cops?

Good thing we don't have them here in the good old USA.

[ColbertWatcher]

3. What's his freeper login? n/t

[virgogal]

4. Awful! Just curious,why is the killer's full name omitted?

[MADem]

15. I wondered that, too--the guilty murderers get more protection than the victims? NT

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

16. Alex W Bush

[virgogal]

17. :-)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. The woman's husband was probably being a jerk.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. There was a certain tone to his voice. n/t

[NutmegYankee]

6. Sounds like Germany needs to bring back the death penalty!

[GCP]

7. OMG. How horrible

That poor little boy seeing this happen to his mother and father.
I hate bigotry in all its iterations. This guy should spend the rest of his life in prison - Germany, to its credit, has no death penalty.

[Confusious]

8. This was news

3 Weeks ago.

[tekisui]

9. The article has today's date.

:shrug:

[Hannah Bell]

10. this is gd, so tough. it's news to most people here.

[chrisa]

12. wtf?

"A police officer in attendance did nothing to aid the stricken women, instead shooting down her husband..."

Stupid cops. They should have some in the courtroom, because these dumb cops didn't know wtf was going on, and just rushed in and started shooting. No security in the courtroom? No metal detectors?

[aquart]

13. That three-year-old has one hell of a lawsuit.

And I'm sure the NPD is grateful for the publicity.

[Aristus]

14. This just in: 57 people not shot to death in a German courtroom because a crazed

German racist had no access to a gun.

The Chairman of Germany's National Knife Association, however, is calling Herr W. a "law-abiding citizen."