at about six thirty pm on sunday june third a thirteen year old refugee appeared in the spotless first precinct and said that susana had been raped and murdered so i think about it. and he named this twenty year old iraqi as a possible suspect. its workers in. be and his family fled overnight to northern iraq but he was arrested there and handed over to german authorities he confessed to killing susanna but denies having returned. right when the populace used the case to criticize the government s refugee policy in germany emotions ran high in an unusual step chancellor merkel commented on the sidelines of the g. seven summit in canada. unimaginable suffering that the family and also the victim have endured touches everyone including me. i can only say now that it is good that the suspected perpetrator has been caught. to.
well here in germany the trial of an iraqi asylum seeker accused of the rape and murder of a fourteen year old girl begins today prosecutors charged the twenty two year old suspect ali being attacked and killed the victim in the city of the spawn last year and then fled with his family to iraq german federal police eventually brought him back with the help of iraqi authorities this case has fueled a broader debate about asylum practices in germany especially for those like ali b. who are charged with violent crimes. when susanna disappeared in may last year two weeks went by before any trace of her could be found then police discovered the body of a fourteen year old next to a railroad track and a home covered with dirt and branches. a young iraqi living in a refugee shelter in response was the main suspect the investigating team then got a tip from within the migrant community where he was living.