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More Than 100 Rally in Hannover to Protest Nurse Trainee’s Fatal Stabbing

Protesters demand clarity on motives after a German neighbor was jailed in connection with her death

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Overview

  • More than 100 people gathered on July 11 in Hannover to mourn 26-year-old Rahma A. and call for justice against gender-based violence
  • Neighbors discovered Rahma unconscious in her Arnum apartment on July 4 after hearing cries for help and found multiple stab wounds including one to the heart
  • A 31-year-old German neighbor was remanded in pretrial detention on homicide charges while prosecutors continue to investigate his motive
  • Colleagues at KRH Klinikum Siloah, where Rahma worked and trained as a nurse, have raised donations to support her grieving parents
  • The killing has prompted online debate over possible racist or islamophobic motives in a country that records nearly one femicide each day