German president pays respects to slain officer stabbed in Mannheim

Published
2024/06/07 15:25 (CEST)
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lays a wreath of mourning during a minute's silence for a police officer killed in a knife attack on the market square. A week earlier, a police officer was killed in a knife attack on the square. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier commemorated the death of police officer Rouven Laur at a ceremony in the western city of Mannheim on Friday.

Laur died in an attack at Mannheim's market square a week ago.

Steinmeier, state premier Winfried Kretschmann and state interior minister Thomas Strobl all paused for a minute's silence at 11:34 am (0934 GMT).

Laur died on Sunday, days after he was injured as he sought to intervene when a man attacked several people during a rally by the anti-Islam movement Pax Europa in Mannheim.

Steinmeier laid a floral tribute at the scene as many gathered on the square to mourn the death of the policeman, aged 29.

The 25-year-old Afghan also injured five participants at the rally on May 31.

Thomas Strobl (C), Minister of the Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) stand together with relatives (L) of a police officer killed in a knife attack during a minute's silence on the market square. A week earlier, a police officer was killed in a knife attack on the square. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa
Thomas Strobl (C), Minister of the Interior of Baden-Wuerttemberg and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier stand during a minute's silence on the market square. A week earlier, a police officer was killed in a knife attack on the square. Bernd Weißbrod/dpa

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