Germany (Once Again!) Iraqi Asylum-Seeker Charged for Pushing 16-Year-Old Girl to Her Death in Front of Train

I am fully aware that recently on this site, there has been an overabundance of reporting on Germany, but this latest case cannot be ignored. In the town of Friedland, near Goettingen,  a 31-year-old Iraqi asylum-seeker (who should have been deported) is accused of pushing a 16-year-old girl in front of an oncoming freight train at the local train station, causing her death. Naturally, the accused is being described as “mentally ill”. How is it that all these millions of “mentally-ill” people have wound up in Europe?

I keep asking myself: How many more innocent people have to die in Germany and other European countries because of the insane asylum/migration policies in the EU? I just can’t get my head around it.

The below article in Welt is translated by Fousesquawk.

Incriminating DNA evidence

Was a girl pushed in front of a train? Man sent to psychiatric facility

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Caption: The 16-year-old died on the tracks at the Friedland train station in Goettingen district.

Subsequent to the death of a 16-year-old at the Friedland train station, a 31-year-old has been placed in a psychiatric clinic pursuant to a court order. DNA evidence reportedly incriminates him. The man should not have been allowed to remain in Germany.

A full two weeks after the death of a 16-year-old at the Friedland train station, a 31-year-old man has been placed in a psychiatric clinic pursuant to a court order. The Iraqi is strongly suspected of deliberately pushing the girl in front of a passing freight train on August 11, the Goettingen public prosecutor’s office reports.

The police initially assumed it was an accident; The young girl was struck by a train and fatally injured, the exact circumstances being unclear at the time.

Now the Public Prosecutor’s Office has further announced that shortly before the incident, police had been called to the train station due to a man causing a disturbance. At the scene, the officers encountered three persons, including the accused. He led the police officers, according to their information, to a platform where the young girl already lay dead. The man denied any involvement. A voluntary test for alcohol revealed 1.35 per milliliter. 

DNA traces on the shoulder of the deceased

Since there was no evidence at that time, he was initially released. Subsequent investigation by the State Criminal Police revealed the man’s DNA traces on the shoulder of the deceased, the investigators further report. 

According to the State Prosecutor’s Office, the man was first encountered by the Federal Police in 2022 in Braunschweig (Brunswick), where he had applied for asylum. His application was denied in December 2022, and deportation to Lithuania has been pending since March 2025. An application for deportation custody was denied by the Hannover District Court in July 2025, however. In the meantime, the 31-year-old served an alternative prison sentence* and subsequently filed a new asylum application in Friedland.

* Serving time in jail when unable to pay a monetary fine. 

The case once more shows the massive problem of the so-called Dublin Treaty, said Lower Saxony’s Interior Minister, Daniela Behrens (SPD). The Dublin Treaty (or Convention) governs the distribution of asylum-seekers in Europe. Accordingly, the suspect should no longer have been in Germany, but rather in Lithuania.

“It is incomprehensible to the citizens that this person could stay in Germany for years, even though another EU state was responsible for them,” said Behrens. She demanded a complete investigation into why the suspect was not removed. At the same time, she cautioned against exploiting the case to stir up hate.

DNA traces incriminate suspect

After the finding of DNA traces, the suspect was confronted with the accusation by an investigating judge at a specialized hospital. The 31-year-old exercised his right to remain silent. Upon the order of the prosecutor’s office, a detention order was issued for manslaughter.

Just on Wednesday, the police warned against speculation on social media. Speculation as to the circumstances, according to their evaluation at that time, was (considered) unfounded. A Facebook entry by the Alternative für Deutschland District Association in Eichsfeld had raised the question: “Murder in Friedland?” and intensified the debate.

Psychiatric abnormalities

According to the State Prosecutor’s Office, the accused showed psychiatric abnormalities on the day of the crime. In the past, he has reportedly been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. Whether he will serve a prison sentence in case of conviction or be permanently placed in a psychiatric clinic is as yet not known.

Source: http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2025/08/germany-once-again-iraqi-asylum-seeker.html