A 31-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia allegedly pushed his 16-year-old victim under an oncoming train, the authorities have said<\/p>\n
An Iraqi migrant in Germany is suspected of murdering a 16-year-old Ukrainian girl, identified as Liana K., by pushing her under an oncoming train, the local public prosecutor\u2019s office has reported.
\nAccording to a statement released last Friday, the incident took place on August 11 at a train station in Friedland municipality, Lower Saxony. The authorities said police had been called over a report of a man \u201ccausing a disturbance.\u201d
\nWhen the officers arrived, the 31-year-old suspect, reportedly named Muhammad A., is said to have approached them voluntarily and pointed to the victim\u2019s lifeless body, while not admitting to any involvement. Police initially did not detain the man, the prosecutor\u2019s office said. However, hours later he was arrested for displaying \u201caggressive behavior\u201d at a different location, and taken to a psychiatric hospital.
\nSubsequent tests discovered the man\u2019s DNA on the victim\u2019s body, resulting in a detention order being issued for the suspect, the statement read.
\nThe authorities explained that it was not clear whether the Iraqi national, if found guilty, would face a prison sentence or be confined to a mental facility, as he had previously been \u201cdiagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to the statement, the suspect\u2019s asylum application was rejected as inadmissible in December 2022 and he was ordered deported to Lithuania, from where he had apparently come. After the man\u2019s appeal was struck down, he is said to have gone into hiding.
\nIn July 2025, after the fugitive had been located, the German immigration authorities applied for his deportation, only for the Hanover District Court to reject the motion, citing insufficient grounds.
\nLocal media has reported that Liana K\u2019s family arrived in Germany in July 2022.
\nSince the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, an estimated 1.2 million Ukrainians have come to Germany. It follows a mass influx of asylum seekers from nations such as Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, starting in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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