Overview

• Iris Stalzer, 57, was found gravely injured by her son after an attack at the entrance to her home, according to ANSA.
• Doctors are fighting to save her life, with early reports describing her condition as critical.
• German police issued an alert and began a search for the attackers, with a special crimes commission expected to take over the case.
• No motive has been confirmed, and initial accounts citing Bild say she reported being assaulted by multiple men and stabbed several times.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned the violence on X and called for rapid clarification of the facts.