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The police arrested a suspect after the murder of a doctor in his medical practice in the German city of Offenburg in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. The suspected killer, an asylum seeker (26) from Somalia, probably took the life of the doctor around 8.45 am, fled afterwards on foot and could be caught a good hour after a massive police action in the area.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Offenburg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Offenburg</a>: Schrecklich - die 10-jährige Tochter des Arztes Joachim T. war während der Bluttat anwesend und musste wohl mit ansehen, wie der somalische Flüchtling auf die Arzthelferin einstach und ihren Vater tötete<a href="https://t.co/BtS4zdprYi">https://t.co/BtS4zdprYi</a></p>— Einzelfallinfos ❌ (@Einzelfallinfos) <a href="https://twitter.com/Einzelfallinfos/status/1030177420287139840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 16, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The doctor's assistant was also slightly injured during the attack.

73-year-old neighbour Ms Johanna Skopp told Bild newspaper that she was awakened by the noise of the doctor’s little girl (10 years old) screaming in vain: “I was still in bed, just about to wake up when I heard his young girl cry out Papa, papa.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Wieder ein unschuldiges Opfer <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Merkel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Merkel</a>|s!<br>Dr. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Joachim?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Joachim</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/T%C3%BCncher?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tüncher</a> R.I.P.<br>Den Angehörigen mein herzliches Beileid!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Offenburg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Offenburg</a></p>— #565. Debile Gutmenschen🖕❌ (@WegMitHartzern) <a href="https://twitter.com/WegMitHartzern/status/1030399214394777605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 17, 2018</a></blockquote>

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German media writes that the attacker entered the doctor's practice, which is located on a former barracks, without an appointment. The Somali man immediately attacked the doctor with the knife. Dr. Joachim T. died on the spot. His assistant Elke D. was only slightly injured. Police have not confirmed that she was also stabbed.

The suspect left the knife and fled afterwards. The ten-year-old daughter of the doctor was reportedly a witness to the murder.

The exact background of the violence is still unclear as the police are continuing to look for more witnesses.

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The asylum seeker, who fled to Germany in 2015 when Chancellor Merkel opened the borders, has not made any statements so far.

He lives in Offenburg, a town of 60,000 inhabitants, about half an hour's drive from the French border city of Strasbourg.

Doctor Joachim T. treated several asylum seekers in his practice and was very popular with his patients. Most of the street is in shock because of the events.

Source:

https://www.bild.de/news/inland/news-inland/offenburg-hausarzt-in-praxis-erstochen-tochter-10-war-dabei-56708070.bild.html