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Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

The EU is responding to the sanctions announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against the International Criminal Court with diplomatic efforts and a willingness to use its defensive measures in accordance with the Blocking Statute to protect the court from the US action. #IStGH #USEUBeziehungen #Sanktionen (translated)

The author of the article accused Hape Kerkeling of portraying his grandfather in a speech in the Thuringian state parliament as a victim of National Socialism and of dramatically equating his imprisonment in Buchenwald with that of persecuted Jews. According to the author, Kerkeling concealed the reasons for his grandfather's imprisonment, Hermann Anton Kerkeling. According to the article, Hermann Anton Kerkeling was sentenced to eight years in a correctional facility in October 1933 for 17 counts of livestock and property theft during the economic crisis. Shortly thereafter, an additional year was added for preparation for high treason, among other things in connection with the communist pamphlet Rote Welle. He served his sentence in Münster, Papenburg, and Bremen. After that, the Gestapo ordered protective custody in Münster in May 1942. On July 2, 1942, Kerkeling was brought to Buchenwald as a political prisoner with the number 6117. He worked in the effects chamber and remained in Nazi custody until the liberation of the camp on April 11, 1945 – a total of about twelve years. He died in Recklinghausen in 1993 at the age of 91. The author described him as an active communist and gang thief, not as a typical victim of National Socialism. #Geschichte #Nationalsozialismus #Erinnerung (translated)

Constantin Schreiber wrote that people must be protected from discrimination, while ideas and religions, in his view, do not require protection from criticism. He described this distinction as central to the engagement with Islam. https://t.co/w5uyBZWDw6 https://t.co/KB8Mv85xNU #Diskriminierung #Kritik #Islam (translated)

The Hayek Club Weimar described socialism as a beneficial business model for politicians. State benefits and subsidies created dependency and thus secured voter support, the account wrote. Politicians would thereby become suppliers and citizens clients. In contrast, capitalism posed a threat to the political class, argued the Hayek Club Weimar, because it rewarded personal responsibility, innovation, and private initiative, making people more independent of the state. Regulations intended to tame the market served, according to the account, to limit competition and protect established interests. The account also accused politicians of portraying capitalism as unjust and antisocial while presenting the state as a moral authority. The state did not want free individuals but dependent subjects, wrote the Hayek Club Weimar, linking its criticism to calls for freedom and property as well as a rejection of taxes and state coercion. #FreiheitstattKnechtschaft #SteuernsindRaub #Eigentum #Freiheit #ParasitenwegmitEuremZwang #Freiheit #Kapitalismus #Sozialismus (translated)

Pope Leo XIV has declared the death penalty inadmissible and emphasized that the protection of the common good and justice can be ensured without its application, which he underscored on the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on the platform X with the hashtag "#NoDeathPenalty." #Todesstrafe #NoDeathPenalty #Menschenwürde (translated)

The affair involving former BND President August Hanning, who is suspected of espionage for foreign powers, highlights the necessity of closing security gaps in the German intelligence services and establishing strict guidelines for former holders of secrets to protect Germany from increased risks due to domestic leaks. #BND #Spionage #Sicherheit (translated)

Two members of the Al-Zein clan family were shot during a dispute in front of a car dealership on Naumannstraße in Berlin; the shooters are on the run, while the injuries of the victims are, according to the police, not life-threatening. #Berlin #ClanKriminalität #Schießerei (translated)

Ahmad Mansour criticized the treatment of the police over the past three years as defamatory and disrespectful. He wrote that it is not about Palestine or Gaza, but rather about a systematic erosion of the principles of the rule of law and decreasing respect for those who protect the rule of law. Mansour expressed his respect for the police officers who continue to serve in Berlin despite the daily demands. He warned that a society that despises its police must expect to eventually lose the protection it takes for granted. #Polizei #Rechtsstaat #Respekt (translated)

Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor she dedicated to the defenders of international justice and the survivors of international crimes, and she emphasized the legal obligation of heads of state and government to protect human rights. #Friedensnobelpreis #Menschenrechte #Völkerstrafrecht (translated)